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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



March 23, 1005. 



Seed Trade News. 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCMTION. 



PreB., C. N. Paie, Dee Moines. la ; First Vlce- 

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

 Kendel, Cleveland. The 23rd annual meetlnc 

 win be held on the St. Lawrence, June, 1806. 



Salvia splendens is in hiding where 

 nobody is able to find it. 



Even the flat varieties of onion seed 

 are scarce. That this would ever happen 

 was not thought to be among the possi- 

 bilities. 



At Chicago all indications point to 

 an early spring. This will be a novelty 

 of considerable value to planters in this 

 section. 



The seed jobbers report trade exceed- 

 ingly brisk the past week. The retail 

 trade must be accordingly satisfactory 

 as there the final outlet is found. 



Onion sets are reported to be pretty 

 well cleaned up and there is yet a nor- 

 mal season of at least four weeks for 

 the jobber to dispose of quantities. 



It is about as hard to get some va- 

 rieties of sweet corn this year as it was 

 last. Somebody missed connections when 

 all varieties were reported plentiful. 



It is probably a safe assertion that 

 there never was a year like this for 

 onion seed. California growers are re- 

 ported cleaned out on globe varieties. 



W. B. Gibson, melon grower at Las 

 Animas, Colo., is advertising in farm pa- 

 pers a surplus of Eocky Ford canteloupes 

 at a little more than half catalogue 

 prices. 



E. D. Adams, Wethersfield, Conn., died 

 March 10 of Bright 's disease. He had 

 been in the seed trade more than a third 

 of a century, with Comstock, Ferre & Co., 

 and was secretary and treasurer of that 

 corporation at the time of his death. 



Reports from Nebraska indicate that 

 the condition of seed corn in almost 

 all parts of that state is the very best. 

 A very long, warm, dry fall was expe- 

 rienced last year which permitted the 

 corn to ripen thoroughly and to dry out 

 well before cold weather set in. Ger- 

 . mination tests are very satisfactory. 



The U. S. Department of Agriculture 

 has just issued as Bulletin No. 66, 

 Bureau of Plant Industry, a volume of 

 333 pages containing a list of the 4,396 

 varieties of seeds and plants imported by 

 the Office of Seed and Plant Introduc- 

 tion and Distribution from September, 

 1900, to December, 1903. The list con- 

 tains everything irom a "Kussian radish 

 to a Japanese juncus and an Egyptian 

 sausage tree. These have in most in- 

 stances been distributed to competent ex- 



' perimenters and many will no doubt find 

 their way into the trade. Brief descrip- 

 tions of many varieties are given in the 



. present volume. 



DEATH OF J. L RFVT^OLDS. 



J. I. Reynolds, for thirty-three years in 

 the grain and seed business in Kansas 

 City, died March 13 of Bright 's disease. 

 Mr. Reynolds was born at "West Liberty, 

 0., April 26, 1846. At the age of six- 

 teen he entered upon a business career 

 in the seed establishment of an uncle. 



Lily of the Valley for Easter 



We have in cold storage in Terfeot Condltlrn for immediate forcinsr a limited quantity of 

 selected hiRb-Krades Lily of the Valley. There 1b sure to be a demand and ready sale for this at 

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



BXSBB'a "PBBB&BaS" PIPS, the very blKhest quality, in cases of lOOO pach. S12 per case. 



DBBBB'S "BBBLXB" PXPB, a strictly bigb-grade in cases of 1000 each, tll.bO per case. 



DBBBB'B "XAMBVBO" P1P8, a fine quality in cases of 1000 each. $10.00 per case. Also in 

 cases of 2,S00 pips. R4.flM>er case. '^ 



Bote— On account of the pips being frozen we cannot divide cases. It takes from 21 to 25 days 

 to force pips into flower. 



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



; Mention The Rerlpw when yon write. 



A paany mmvA ia a pfnny •arned; 

 A aeUur lost !■ » l«asoa l«»m«d. 



All thrifty carnation grower^ use our tiny 



RUBBER 

 BANDS 



to help weak nature. We know of no invest- 

 ment that paya better. Prices— 10(0 tor I6c; 

 2000 for 26c; 460O tor 80c: 7000 for 75c; 10.000 

 for 91.00. Band for our wholeaale aaad 

 Itat. 



HENRY F. MICHELL CO. 

 1018 Markat St., PHILADELPHIA 



Hentioa Tlie BcTlew when you write. 



17 par ocnt Off Bairnlar Prioaa 

 \ of Oar Cktld Kadkl lUxad 



tuberous Begonias 



Single Mixed $2 25 per 100 



Doable Mixed 3.25 per 100 



Don't wait till they are all gone. 



HUBERT A. CO.. 



m. La PAOB, Bap. KT. TBBBOB, V. T. 



Mention The Berlew when you writs. 



D. RUSCONI 



Importar of Balba, Planta and Shrubkery. 



Asalea MoUls and Rbododendrona— iSc each, 

 or tOc In 60 lots. 



' Boaea— Home grrown and imported— Amaryllis 

 Johnsoni, Box Trees, Tuberoses, Cannas, 

 Caladlums, Dahlias, Btc. Write tor Prices. 



3S W. 6TH 8TBEET. CINCINNATI. OHIO 



Mention The Beriew when yon write. 



RAWSON'S 



Arlington Tested 



Seeds robst 



Catalogues Mailed Free. 



W. W. RAWSON &. CO., 8eed«men, 

 12 aad 13 raaaail Nail Square, BOSTON. 



Summer Flowering 



BULBS 



100 lOCO 



lamene Oranditloni WOO 160.00 



Madeira Vinea 1.00 8.0O 



Spotted Callas 8.00 %.00 



Tritoma Pazeri ..^jif,^.... 7.00 60.00 



OladloU, mixed, IM In. diameter. 60 6.0O 



HBADQCABTERS FOB LILIES, 

 APIOS, 0ALADIUM8. BTC. 

 Eight per cent discount tor cash. 

 Special price on large quantltiea. 



John Lewis Childs, Floral Park, N. Y. 



Mentloa llie Beriew when yon write. 



XXX SEEDS 



OMnaaa Primroaa — Finest grown large 

 flowering, fringed, single and double, 15 varietiea, 

 mixed, 600 seeds, tl.OO; half pkt., fiOc. 



Olaararla — Finest large flowering, dwarf, 

 mixed. 1000 seeds, 60c. 



CHant PMiay- The best large flowering Varta- 

 tles, criti9«W selected 500faatdi. tl.OO: half pkt., 

 60c. 600 seeds of Giant Mma. Parrat panay 

 seed added to eyery aiOO pkt. of Giant Pansy. 

 Oaah. Liberal extra count of seeds in all packets. 



Varbanaa — California Giants, finest grown, 

 strong plant*, 2-incb pots. $2.00 per 100. 



JOHN r. RUPP. Shiremanstown, Pa. 



THE HOME OF PBIMBOSES. 



Mention The Eterlew when yoo write. 



RUSSIAN ULY t^ VALLEY 



Per 1000, $1B ; per 2500, fSS ; per 10,000. 9X85 

 THE BEST FOB EABLT 

 OB LATE FOBCISG. 



STUMPP & WALTER GO. 



BO Barclay Btraat, 



Branch, 40« B. 34th 8t. BBW TOBk 



Mention Tlie Rerlew when yon write. 



Always mention the Ploriats' Bavlaw 

 whan writing advartlaara. 



