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ThcWcckly Florists' Review. 



Aprit. 6, 1905. 



Seed Trade News. 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOOATMN. 



Pres., C. N. Pape, Des Moines, la : First Vlce- 

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

 Kende). Cleveland. The 23rd annual meeting 

 will be held on the St. Ijawrence, June, 190&. 



In 1903 we imported onions from Ber- 

 muda to the extent of 215,866 bushels, 

 and of potatoes, 111,344 bushels. 



It is reported that John Lewis Childs 

 bought a new rhubarb of Luther Bur- 

 bank upon the occasion of a recent visit. 



The Maryland packers are disposed to 

 limit the pack of tomatoes this year in 

 hopcti of re-establishing the market on a 

 firm basis. 



The tulips are now in full flower in 

 Holland and advices are that the stock 

 is in fine shape and a good crop of bulbs 

 in prospect. 



The U. S. Department of Agriculture 

 has issued a bulletin covering the work 

 of development of single-germ seed of 

 the sugar beot. 



The Ohio Seed Co., capital stock 

 $6,000, has been incorporated by TL C. 

 McCall and G. A. Fries, of Buffalo, and 

 J. W. Woodruff, Hamburg, N. Y. 



The Nursery and Seed Trade Associa- 

 tion of Great Britain has 193 members. 

 It deals with credits and other matters 

 ■ affecting the individual welfare of its 

 members. 



The plan for a journal to be pub- 

 lished at Kansas City, exclusively for 

 the seed trade, has been abandoned, for 

 the time being at least, and subscriptions 

 returned. Lack of advertising support is 

 said to be the reason. 



In their house organ, "The Market 

 Ciardener, " .Johnson & Musser say: "A 

 seed or two of castor bean planted with 

 each hill" of melons or cucumbers will dp 

 much to drive away the insect that does 

 80 much harm. Try it." 



SEED IMPORTS. 



The imports of seeds, bulbs, etc., for 



three years have been compiled by the 



Department of Agriculture. Omitting 

 flax seed, the total invoice values, and 

 the countries from which consigned, are 

 ms follows: 



Conntry. 1!Xll. 1!¥>2 lOn."? 



Crmuay J.-Hn.ono $7.32 040 |.S27 2.-0 



I'nlted K'lloin.. 002.08.') 010.47!) 700 1. "JO 



Fniiic*' 227.2S!> 2i:i.7i>!» mi 2m 



Netherlands . . . 12:{,."}0!) 204. .100 200, 42S 



CaiMida i:{0.07.'{ :iOS.e40 ].T?.n40 



B"««I 17.741 7.'»,.370 67.441 



It«'r 42 OSS 12.0.3.''. 4,''...'?4C 



Br. Aastrxlnsia 22.009 .11.4.'i3 .32. .377 



Turkpj", Euro... 11.06'> .3S.2.36 .30 231 



Ronla. Euro... n,,36,'> 14.7,S9 20,182 



npnnifirk 2S S.'W 22,4oe 27, .30.1 



Aua.-HiinKary , 21.820 17.470 13 0.33 



Rellrinni 7,007 ll,00.'i 13,010 



flpanfiih Africa 0,a-><l 0.047 



Br. East Indlps 7..''i40 S..'i84 0,004 



Turkry, ARintip ,3,70.'; 2.'i8 0..358 



AMea, n. e. s. 2.070 .3.'>.3 2.'>0 



fl(P"ta 7a .''),.390 4.601 



tmmn 3..30.^ .3.222 3.480 



HaoKkonir 0,126 3,4.3.'> 3.432 



(%fnpsp Empire 1,408 2..'iflri 2 703 



OUn 3,121 1,805 



Pywtrh Africa ],.3.30 



CSimrr Islands. 2.008 2.270 '952 



lf*ilcf> 7.5ns 3.741 441 



Ann-iitinp 0.420 8,010 ,'i4 



Sweden & Nor, 1,78<I 820 101 



Oohnnbia .'•.210 



Malta & Cyprns l.,380 1,780 



Otfcer countries. 850 1.015 2.190 



*otaI $1,940,987 |2,528,070 |2,637,255 



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 well are our 



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Easter Fancies 



TWIG BASKETS 



They come in nests, are appropriate to the season and deco- • 

 rate effectively. These Baskets are becoming very popu- ' 

 lar. Do not forget that our 



PLEATED CREPE PAPER 



put around the pot of a handsome Azalea will make a quick 

 sale when time means money. 



INDIVIDUAL BASKETS are a pleasing novelty. 

 We especially recommend those made for American Beau- 

 ties, for Daisies and for Sweet Peas. 



H. Bayersdorfer & Co. 



T^TJ'C FLORISTS' SUPPLY HOUSE 

 1 nXIL OF AMERICA 



50, 52, 54, 56 N. Fourth St., - PHILADELPHIA, g 



Mention The Review when you write. 



Best German forcinK and forcinK KIKACS, 8PIBAEA 

 C£trivp<« in RortH. selected X.OBOXF&OSUM BVXiBB, 

 CBXMbOV BAMBLEBS, AKAILEAB and other Easter 

 forcing Plants and Bnlloa Imported to order. Fall delivery. 



Address: AUGUST ROLKER & SONS, I'.l^^^rll. NEW YORK 



VALLEY PIPS 



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RUSSIAN LILY j'Sz VALLEY 



Per 1000. SIR ; per 2500. 932 ; per 10,000. flSB 

 THE BEST FOR EABI<T 

 OR LATE FORCING. 



STUMPP & WALTER CO. 



BO Barclay Street, 

 Branch, 404 E. 34th Bt. HEW TOBK 



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17 per Of nt Off Bevnlor Prices 

 of Oar Gold Medal Mixed 



Tuberous Begonias 



SlDKle Mixed $2 25 per 100 



Double Mlxfd 3 25i>erl00 



Duu't wait till they are all gone. 



HUBERT & CO., 



V. X.e PAaS, Bep. KT. VBBHOV, N. T. 



Mentliin The Review when yoo write. 



GLADIOLI ^i! 



havn one of the finest coUec- 

 tluDB In this country. 



Doz loii loro 

 aiadloll-Lemolne'e Hybrid*. No ItU 26 tl 50 Sliiixi 



75 



Chtldsll 



25 



150 

 100 



T5 

 60 



«0U 

 3 00 



10 00 



6 00 

 3 0J 



No. 2 

 No. 3 

 No 1 

 No. 2 

 Qrofft' H> bridt, fine ctrain of unsur- 



paued family— No. 2 



No. 3. H to J4 inch 



Send IjT complee pr ce list of bulbs and hardy plants. 



K \ TKAM. i;e>tekvil.l,k, ind. 



Mention The Review when yoo write. 



Throughout the south p general move- 

 ment has been inaugurated to reduce the 

 acreage of cotton. 



SiDXEY Clarke, Jr., who does a retail 

 seed business at Shawnee, Okla., is 

 authority for the statement that a stock 

 company is in process of organization 

 to do both a wholesale and retail seed 

 business there. 



J. BoLGiANo & Son, Baltimore, report 

 that notwithstanding the loss of their 

 buildings in the great fire, they have 

 twice as many employes and doing 

 more than double the business of any 

 previous season. 



FISCHER'S 



GRAND FREESU 

 PURITY. 



A maRDiflceDt, snowy, Kllsteninir white, of 

 very laiKe size and great length and strength of 

 stem: a dozrn sprays making as fine a showing 

 as a dozen large white carnations and can be 

 U8< d wherever carnations can be used for deco' 

 rative purposes. A truss bears from eight to 

 eleven buds, of which six are frequt-ntly open at 

 one time, making au immense flower. It is of 

 great substance and biars fehiopinR without 

 bruising. Stems can be cut two feet long and 

 are as rigid as fcticks. It is very prolific in 

 blocm producing three to four side shoots of 

 eight buds each besides the main fli wer. Bulbs 

 no bigger than diied wax beans produce as 

 large a flower as the largest bulbs, only the 

 stems ate t^horter. It propagates very freely, 

 producing from four to eight bulbs, all of which 

 will fiower the next year. 



All growers of freesia should try this queen 

 of freesia for when once grown you will want 

 no other. 



Price for Iar£e bulbs. $400 per 100; 

 $30 00 per IGOO; 500 at 1010 rate. 

 Discount on 5C00 and over. 



R. FISCHER, Great Neck,LI.,N.Y. 



\t,.nt1f»n The Rpvlew when von vr»1te 



Currie Bros., Milwaukee, report busi- 

 ness starting off very finely. They ex- 

 pect the volume will be greater than ever 

 this year, especially in the nursery line, 

 but also in the seed department. 



J. n. Baker, of Baker Bros., Fort 

 Worth, Tex., says that the demand for 

 vegetable seeds has begun to let down a 

 little, except for vine seeds. It has been 

 a very good early season and before all 

 orders are in the year promises to be a 

 record breaker. There is a larger call 

 than ever before for peas. A good deal 

 of corn had to be replanted. 



