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The WecHj^ Rofists' Review. 



Mabch 30, 1008. 



Seed Trade News. 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOOATKW. 



Prea., C. N. Pafe, DesUoines, la ; First Vice- 

 Prea., li. Ii. May, St. Paul; Sec'y and Treas.. C. B. 

 Rendel, Cleveland. The S3rd annual meetinc 

 will be held on the St. X<awrence, JuQe, 1906. 



H. L. MussER, of Johnson & Musser 

 Seed Co., Los Angeles, has had a bad 

 month with liver trouble but is again on 

 deck. 



The seed business in all its branches 

 is very active for this date. It should 

 mean a good total at the end of the 

 season. 



"Business is picking up and we are 

 getting quite busy," is the way an opti- 

 mistic seedsman reports conditions in 

 his' territory. 



The weather at Chicago the past 

 week has been from twelve to twenty 

 degrees above normal. Counter trade 

 is becoming active. 



At the beginning of March there was 

 general alarm at the prolonged drought 

 in Great Britain but the last week has 

 brought deluges of rain. 



The skirmishers who trade in sundry 

 lines properly belonging to the seed 

 trade and who have offices only in their 

 hats find it hard to pull anything oiit of 

 it this year. 



The U. S. Department of Agriculture 

 has issued as Bulletin No. 51, Bureau 

 of Plant Industry, a compilation of the 

 legal weights of seeds so far as estab- 

 lished, with the seedsmen's customary 

 weights. 



Onion seed is still in sharn demand. 

 There are not enough of the Globe varie- 

 ties easily available for rush orders 

 where they are most needed. It is said, 

 however, that there are still good quanti- 

 ties at out-of-the-way locations. 



The small dealers throughout the 

 country report one of the best seasons 

 they have ever had. This condition of 

 things is encouraging more and more of 

 the general merchants of the country 

 towns to put in a full line of seeds. 



Not much change in the onion set sit- 

 uation since last week. An effort to 

 clean up at several of the jobbing cen- 

 ters has lowered the price somewhat, but 

 a sharp advance is expected again when 

 trade at the more northern sections gets 

 into full swing. 



The unusual warmth of the weather 

 of the past week throughout the central 

 west has pushed trade almost beyond the 

 capacity of the seed houses in that sec- 

 tion to care for it and the consequent 

 letters of complaint for slowness in fill- 

 ing orders begin to arrive. 



The Johnson & Musser Seed Co., pub- 

 lishes periodically and mails free to cus- 

 tomers and prospective buyers, a four 

 page paper called "The Market Gard- 

 iner" containing cultural matter suited 

 to conditions in Southern California and 

 little that looks like advertising. 



0. M. Ball, of the Texas Experiment 

 Station, says that he has never been able 

 to discover that alfalfa seed was will- 

 fully adulterated but that nevertheless 

 many of the samples sent him contain 

 weed seeds, sometimes as many as twenty 

 to the ounce being the Russian thistle. 



DO Ton wiIh to sucoiko 



WITH ALL m>8SIBLE SPEBb? 

 THKir JUST PHONE, WRITE OR OO 

 TO BATERSOORFBR A CO. 



of novel and pleutnar DeaiKn. 

 Tou will be too busy M Eaater 

 to handle email plmta. Made 

 up in our ham pen they will become a source of profit. 



are RalnioK in popular fftvor when filled with Sprinir 

 Flowers, the laree size with Daffodils or Daisies, 

 the smaller with Sweet Pead, Violets or Valley. 



For Easter Hampers 



up in our hampers they will bi 



China Swans 

 Twig Nest Basicets 

 Pleated Crepe Paper 

 Individual Baslcets 



For these and all other Supplies call on 



H. Bayersdorfer & Co. 



TTT-T'C FLORISTS* SUPPLY HOUSE 

 1 nC OF AMERICA 



2 50, 52, 54, 56 N. Fourth St., - PHIUDELPHIA. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



A pleasing novelty for Eggs and 

 Flowers. 



Very beautiful for uoverinir 

 pots. 



deslKued expressly for the lead- 

 ing varieties of flowers, are fillinR 

 a long felt want. < 



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■ faiipif mitA Best Gehnan forcing and forcing &X&AGf,SFXmAaA 



IfllllLV UIUV OXiVllVS. In sorts, selected KOVOXTLOmUX BU&8S. 



If HI I r T r ll n OBZmOH SAWB&amB. ASAXUIAB and other SM*t 



■ Hkkkl I II V fordhg Plaata and Bvlbs imported to order. Fall delivery. 



Address: AUGUST ROLKER & SONS, I'S^^^^t^?: NEW YORK 



Mention T1>« Review when yoa wrftei. 



D. RUSCONI 



Importer of Bolbs, Plants and Shmbkery. 



Asales Hollla and Bhododendrona— 46o each, 

 or 40c In 60 lots. 



Bosea— Home grown and Imported— Amaiyllls 

 Johnsonl, Box Trees, Tuberoses. Oannas, 

 Caladlums, Dahllaa, Btc. Write for Prices. 



3« W. 6TH 8TBBBT. CINCINNATI. OHIO 



Mentloii The BeTlew when yon write. 



RAWSON'S 



Arlington Tested 



FOR THE 



FLORIST 



Cataloguea Mailed Free. 



W. W. RAWSON A, CO., Seedsmen, 



12 and 13 FaMnil Hall SqiMre, BOSTON. 



Mention The Rerlew when yon write. 



Tobacco seed valued at $3,112 was ex- 

 ported to the United States from Cuba 

 during the year 1904. 



Mrs. L. a. Budlong, wife of the Chi- 

 cago onion set grower, died March 25. 

 She was 72 years of age. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Frank Kadlec, Chicago, plants, seeds 

 and bulbs; Kroeschell Bros. Co., Chi- 

 cago, pamphlet of boiler testimonials; 

 Wagner Park Conservatories, Sidney, 0., 

 plants : D. Guiheneuf, Paris, France, 

 bulbs and plants; Chas. Gay, Des Moines, 

 la., plants. 



CLAIMS BREACH OF WARRANTY. 



Claiming a breach of warranty and 

 contract in the sale of a car-load of 

 clover seed, the Sioux City Seed and 

 Nursery Co., Sioux City, la., has sued 

 the Milwaukee Produce Co., of Milwau- 

 kee, for $3,021.39 damages and secured 

 a writ of attachnaent. The sum of $3,000 

 in the First National Bank at Sioux 



XXX SEEDS 



Chinese Primrose — Finest grown large 

 flowering, fringed, single and double, 15 varieties, 

 mixed, 600 seeds, tl.OO; half pkt., 60c. 



Olaerarla — Finest large flowering, dwarf , 

 mixed. 1000 seeds, 60c. 



Olant Fans J— The best large flowering varie- 

 ties, critically selected. 6000 seeds, 91.00; half plct., 

 6Qc. 600 seeds of Giant Mm*. Ferret pansy 

 seed added to every $1.00 pkt. of Giant Pansy. 

 Cash. Liberal extra count of seeds in all packets. 



Verbenas - Oalifomla Giants, finest grown, 

 strong plant*. 2-inch pots, 92.00 per 100. 



JOHN r. RUPP, Shiremanstown, Pa. 



THE HOME OF PBIMBOSES. 



Mention The Bevlew when yon write. 



RUSSIAN LILY ;!l^ VALLEY 



Per 1000, tlB ; per 2500, 939 ; per 10,000. 9185 

 TBE BEST FOB EABI.T 

 OB I.ATE FOBOINO. 



STUMPP & WALTER GO. 



BO Barolay Street, 

 Branch, 404 B. 34th Bt. SMW TOBK 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



17 per ocnt Off Berolar Prloes 

 of Our Oold Kedal lUxed 



Tuberous Begonias 



Single Ifixed 12.25 per 100 



Double Bixed 3.25 per 100 



Don't wait till they are all gone. 



HUBERT &, CO., 



B. &e FAOB, Bep. KT. ▼BBBOB, V. T, 



Mention The Review when yoa write. 



g*n AniAl I I l»ve one of the finest collec 

 UUlLrlULI tlons in this country. 



. . „ ^ Dot. 100 1000 



aiadioll—Lemoioe's Hybrids. No.lto.26 tl 60 tlDOO 



" •• No. 2 76 6 00 



" No.3 3 00 



Chlldsll " No. I 26 160 



" , " No. 2 100 1000 



Qroffs' Hybrids, fine strain of uniur- 



paued family— No. 2 76 600 



NoTs.HtoWinch 60 800 



Send for complete price list of bulbs and hardy pUnt*. 

 B. Y TEAS. OENTEBTILLE, IND. 

 Mention The Review when yon write. 



