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The Weekly Rorists' Review. 



April 27, 1905. 



Counter trade is bearing up well 

 against the unfavorable weather, but 

 the long-continued cool spell has its ef- 

 fect just the same and is bound to 

 shorten up the cash receipts of the sea- 

 son. 



Eaely sweet corn will need to be re- 

 planted at many points. Quite an acre- 

 age was planted unusually early in the 

 hope that this was to be a good spring. 

 Up to date this lies in the ground un- 

 sprouted, and it is thought much of it 

 will rot. 



THE BRITISH SEED TRADEr 



'^'^Peas and beans are largely^ grown 

 by farmers and others under contract, 

 the seed house supplying the seed peas 

 to be sown," says Richard Dean in 

 the Horticultural Trade Journal. 

 ' ' During the summer experienced men 

 are sent to go through the diflferent 

 breadths to what is known as 'rogue' 

 them, that is to pull out any plants 

 which may not be true to character; 

 in this way the purity of a particular 

 stock is maintained. Carrots, radish, 

 mangel wurzel, turnips, various forms 

 of the cabbage tribe, etc., are also 

 grown by contract, or on farms owned 

 by the particular seed house. Flower 

 seeds are also produced in considerable 

 quantities, in Essex especially, there 

 can be seen very large breadths of 

 popular annuals, which adorn aores 

 upon acres of the country side when 

 in full bloom. The cleaning and bulk- 

 ing of flower seeds is an important 

 preparatory work in autumn, and early 

 winter and many young girls are em- 

 ployed in packeting the choicer seeds. 

 The seed industry then extends to 

 many parts of the country, giving em- 

 ployment to hundreds in the population 

 of the land in the cultivation of the 

 plants and in harvesting the crops. 



"And then when one thinks of the 

 enormous number of sacks and bags re- 

 quired, the material of which have to 

 be woven, and then made into the dif- 

 ferent sizes; the multitude of paper 

 bags and seed packets used, thus giv- 

 ing employment in other directions, 

 the large staff of employes engaged in 

 a business in which quick intelligence 

 and active business habits can find an 

 excellent outlet; oflSce clerks, messen- 

 gers, etc. When one thinks of all 

 this, an idea, necessarily imperfect, can 

 be formed of the ramification of the 

 seed industry. 



"Then there are the various forms 

 of manures specially manufactured for 

 garden purposes, insecticides, and other 

 compositions; garden requisites of al- 

 most untold variety, etc., which find a 

 place in wholesale seed catalogues, 

 wonder is excited in contemplation of 

 the enormous amount of capital in- 

 vested in this branch of the seed trade 

 alone. 



"A trial ground is an indispensable 

 corollary to a wholesale seed house. 

 Cooper, Taber & Co., have many acres 

 of seed trial grounds in Essex; so 

 have Hurst & Son; and each of these 

 have extensive seed farms on which 

 they grow many seeds. Watkins & 

 Simpson have their seed farms in Mid- 

 dlesex. Carter & Co. have huge tracts 

 of ground for the culture of all kinds of 

 seeds, in Essex. Some of the whole- 

 sale seed houses have large warehouses 

 and depots in the provinces. All these 

 give employment to hundreds. 



"The advantages of well ordered 



LEONARD 

 SEED 



irlMdt ^>^\ 



OaiOB SETS. 



Our plantings for the 

 new crop are about 

 completed. 



We take orders now for deliv- 

 ery tblB fall or next spring 

 Writ* for PrioM. 



WHOUE8ALB SKID GROWERS. 



Seed! for iffMent reaalrementi ready to ibip. 

 Contract orders for deUvery after taarveit 1906 

 are being booked now. 

 BUNS, PEAS AND SAiOCN SEEDS, ^t* for Prices. 



TURNIP SEED, "f" ^» ■"* "•*• 



Fls«ir Isidt 



••t our ^rloaa. 



CHICAGO 



Mention The BeTlew when yon write. 



'Genuine BERMUDA ONION SEED ' 



€ht>wnand 

 Exported by 



Port-Orotava, Tenerlffe, 



(Oanary iBlands.) 



WILDPRET BROTHERS, 



Write for prices at once and place your order at an early date so as to secure a full supply. 

 ^ Best references required from unknown firms. Orders accepted from the wholesale trade only. 



m Bulk 

 and Packages 



LAWN GRASS SEED 



Dickinsons, Evergreen, and Pine Tree Brands 

 SPECIAL MIXTURES SEED FOR GOLF GROUNDS 



THE ALBERT DICKINSON CO. 



MINNBAPOLIS 



CHICAGO 



HAVING BEEN AWARDED THE GRAND PRIZE 



For My f^W A mill I ^^ ^^^ 



Exhibition of ULALPllJI^I World's Fair 



it is with increased confidence In my ability to rapply superior stock tbat I solicit a continuance of 

 patronage, and new customers. ikxotPu Hybxlda and other ■orta Vhm bast obtidnable. 



^a'^ITo'^'e. ARTHUR OOWEE, Gladiolus Sp8cialist,MeadowvaleFarin,Berlin,N.Y. 



Mention The Berlefw when yoa write. 



I Burpee's Seeds Grow | 



SEED GROWERS 



3Plald, Swact and Pop Oom, Oncnm- 

 bar, Melon and ■qnaab Bead. Write 

 us before placins contracts. We have 

 superior stock Seed and can furaish you 

 good Seed at reasonable prices. Address 



A. A. BERRY SEED COMPANY, Clarinda, la. 



Menttcm l*e Eeylew when yon write. 



trial grounds to ' a wholesale seed 

 house is incalculable. There every- 

 thing is done according to an approx- 

 imately perfect system, and in the 

 most methodical and perfect manner. 

 New varieties of vegetables (often 

 mere selections) are tested by the side 

 of the best old ones of the same type, 

 and the characteristics of every detail 

 of growth, habit, and quality carefully 

 noted. Thousands of samples of seed 

 are sown, many, say of one variety of 

 pea from various sources, the very 

 best are selected as stock seeds. An 

 enormous amount of valuable informa- 

 tion is to be gathered up on such a 

 trial ground during the season." 



Columbus, O. — Mrs. E. M. Krouse 

 has removed her store to 209 South High 

 street, where she did a good Easter busi- 

 ness. 



Carthage, Mo. — Perry Finn has 

 started to rebuild the greenhouse which 

 was burned in February. He will add 

 considerably to his glass area. 



SEED BAGS 



for the Trade 



We numttfacture a full line in 

 Manila^ White, Ambef or G>Iored 

 Laid Papers. Also print in qtianti- 

 ties. Samples on application. Send 

 list of requirements for estimate. 



The Brown Bag Filling Machine Co. 



SmJ Big Dipt. FIXCHBUBO, MASS. 



First-Class 



CLEMATIS 



At a Sacrilice 



Jaokmanl, Kenryi and Mme. Ed. Andre 



Good stronK plants of the above, 2 years old, at 

 $14.00 per 100. 25 plants at 100 rate. A lighter 

 (O^ade of two-year-old plants of the above for 

 $11.00 per 100. 



bilinm Anratoai— Medium sized bulbs, $3.00 

 per 100; large size, $4.00 per 100. 



Oladiolna Ila7-$10.00 per 1000. 



V. H. HALLOCK & SON 



QU»»NS, NMW YORK. 



Alwayi incatioa the Flociils' Review when 

 wrhiflg advertiien. 



