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Afbil 27, 1906. 



The Weekly Florists^ RevieW* 



1389 



Field of Black-Seeded Simpson Lettuce at Waldo Rhonert's, Gilroy, Calif. 



Seed Trade News. 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOOATION. 



Pres., C. N. Pare, Dee Moines, la ; First Vice- 

 Pres., L. Ij. Hay, St. Paul; Sec'y and Treas., C. B. 

 Eendel, Cleveland. The 33rd annual meeting 

 •rill be held on the St. Lawrence. June, 1906. 



E. HEasEE is successor to Hersee & 

 Bickell, seedsmen, Woodstock, Ont. 



The end of the rush season is at 

 hand and the year, it is reported, will 

 average up well. 



Everything along the line is re- 

 ported satisfactory, except the weather, 

 which seems to suit nobody. 



This will probably be a year when 

 onion seed, unless it produces an extra 

 choice quality of bulb, will be com- 

 plained about from Genesis to Bevela- 

 tion. 



The Tottenham Nurseries Ltd. 



(BstebUshod in 1873.) 

 Managing Director, A. M. C. VAN DER ELST. 



Dedemsvaart, Holland. 



Headquarters for Hardy PareimlalBi amons 

 which are the latest and choicest. 13 acres 

 devoted for RrowinK this line, including Anemo- 

 ne. Aster, Oampanala, Delphinium, Funkias, 

 Hemerocallis, Uepatica, Incarrillea. Iris, 

 Peonies, Phlox decnssata and saSmticosa, 

 Primula. Pyrethrum, Tritoma. Hardy Heath, 

 Hardy Ferns. Also 5 acres of Daffodils. 12 acres 

 of Conifers, specially younar choice varieties to 

 be grown on; 8 acres Rhododendrons, including 

 the best American and Alpine varieties : 2 acres 

 Hydrangeas. We make it a point to grow all 

 the latest novelties in these lines. Ask for catalog. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



eacti- 



PhylloGBoti. Saccnlenta, 

 B«Konias. 



FRANTZ De LAET, 



COVTICK (Balffinm,) 



Makes a I* APT! 



Specialty of V»>*V» ■ 1 

 and Succulent Plants— Import— Export. 

 Tnbflroua Beironlaa a specialty, finest type 

 cultivated. Ask for my catalogue. 

 Mention The ReTlew when yon write. 



&ASOSBT STOCK OF AXiIi 



BELGIAN PLANTS! 



Asaleas, Araucariaa, Sweet Baya, 

 Pahna, Beg^niaa, Gloziniaa, etc. 



LOUIS VAN HOUTTE PERE 



GHENT, Bel^um. 



Mention The Review when you write 



The receivers of the Western Seed Co., 

 Shenandoah, la., are asking bids on a 

 list of corn and other field seeds. 



Edward Webb, the well known Eng- 

 lish seedsman, has been appointed high 

 sheriff of the county of Worcester. 



Seed potatoes, including the novelties, 

 have taken a big Slump in ii^ngland and 

 are offered at half the early prices. 



The acreage sown to onion sets at 

 Louisville, Ky., is said to be smaller than 

 last year. A good stand is reported. 



It is hoped that all the onion seed 

 sown for sets will come up nicely, as 

 stock to replant, in case of failure, will 

 be hard to find. 



Some complaint is heard from the 

 general store merchants in the smaller 

 towns that the unseasonable weather is 

 cutting down their seed trade quite ma- 

 terially. 



The packers of tomatoes are making 

 every effort to reduce the 1905 output 

 and it is reported that in the Maryland 

 district the contracts with growers are 

 Ughter than usual. 



The T. B. Shepherd Co., Ventura, Cal., 

 report a very large demand for the 

 crimson rhubard. They say that it pro- 

 duces three to four tons of stems per 

 acre from December to March and look 

 for the upbuilding of* a large industry in 

 growing it for the eastern markets. 



The seeding for onion sets in the 

 vicinity of Indianapolis is reported fin- 

 ished and a good deal of the planted area 

 shows green in the rows. The acreage 

 there is less than it was last year. 



John Lewis Childs reports having 

 bought Frank Banning 's gladiolus, Beu- 

 ben H. Warder, which was so well 

 thought of in the wholesale cut flower 

 markets the past two seasons. 



It is reported that considerable quan- 

 tities of Lilium longiflorum are being 

 grown in the Azores this season. Those 

 from that source last season have given 

 very good satisfaction this spring. 



There is much complaint about the 

 vitality of sweet corn. There are sufi- 

 cient reasons for this where seed has 

 been planted, as the weather is against 

 its growth, but the complaint is not only 

 confined to the early sorts, but also to 

 the samples in the hands of prospective 

 planters who test before putting it in 

 the ground. 



A correspondent of the Crop Re- 

 porter writes that in the last two years 

 Whitley and Noble counties, Indiana, 

 have produced at least 50,000 bushels of 

 onions, which sold at 35 to 50 cents per 

 bushel at the railroad, and that they are 

 at present selling at 65 cents; that the 

 acreage in 1905 will be double the 1904 

 acreage, and that 400 to 500 bushels is 

 an ordinary yield per acre and 800 bush- 

 els good yield. 



Onion Set Warehouse No. 3, of the Leonard Seed G>., Jefferson Park, 111. 



