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The Weekly Rorists' Review. 



Mat 11. 1006. 



The onion set fields in nil sections are 

 now far enough advanced to permit the 

 use of cultivators. The stand is reported 

 good. Cold, wet weather retards growth 

 somewhat, but onions stand this sort of 

 thing better than most crops. 



Eeports in eeneral for the wesk show 

 a normal demand for seasonable seeds. 

 Turnip seed is quoted low by eastern 

 wholesalers. Much complaint is regis- 

 tered against the spasmodic weather, 

 which seems to have ruled all through the 

 planting season at all points. 



Most of the Dutch bulb salesmen are 

 on the water bound for England. Despite 

 reports to the contrary, they say that 

 they have had a very good season in 

 America, with good prices. Advices 

 from Holland are to the effect that the 

 demand for choice tulips is causing an 

 advance and that white hyacinths are 

 also inclined to be higher. 



Some of the onion set dealers missed it 

 by holding prices firm at the wrong time. 

 Consequently a considerable quantity of 

 sets is still being carried. The season was 

 hard to gauge ; it appeared that there was 

 a good chance at one stage for high 

 prices later. This might have occurred 

 had the weather been seasonable, but it 

 turned out wrong. To know when to 

 force out sets and when to hold them 

 back is the only secret of success in this 

 line and the best of them miss it at times. 



The trade situation at Chicago is about 

 normal for the time of year. The firms 

 that confine their efforts principally to 

 the wholesale trade are resting easy after 

 one of the best years they have ever had. 

 Those who depend mainly upon mail or- 

 ders from the retail catalogues are about 

 at the end of the season. The local trade, 

 which always drags along with periodical 

 , spurts, will continue to worry the counter 

 clerks for a week or two more. This is 

 the sort of trade that is deceptive; it is 

 hard to size up and hard to handle. The 

 more you seem to have of it the worse 

 off you sometimes find yourself after it 

 is over. 



AMERICAN BULB GROWING. 



The Review is in receipt of the fol- 

 lowing communication under date of 

 Washington, May 1: 



The Department of Agriculture U much In. 

 terested in the study of American bulb grow- 

 ing, and desires to secure all possible informa- 

 tion on the subject. We are already In touch 

 with all the active bulb growers, but would 

 be Ter7 thankful for any information that may 

 be fumlabed us in regard to experiments on 

 the growing of bulbs of any kind in America, 

 whether such experiments have proven suc- 

 ceisfol or not, and we should like to enter 

 into correspondence with all persons who have 

 conducted such experiments. 



A. J. PIETERS. 



SOOETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



Growers of and dealers in American 

 grown bulbs are notified that the usual 

 accommodations will be extended to them 

 free of charge for the display of Ameri- 

 can grown bulbs at the convention to 

 be held in Washington, D. C, August 

 15-18, 1905. Wm. J. Stewart, Sec'y. 



THE VILMORIN MEMORIAL. 



The fund for the erection of a monu- 

 ment to the late Henry de Vilmorin now 

 amounts to more than $6,000. At a re- 

 cent meeting of the committee in Paris, 

 a model executed by M, Carlier was 

 unanimously approved, and the sculptor 

 requested to proceed with the work. The 



LEONARD 

 SEED 



OHIO* S«TS. 



Our plantings for the 

 new crop are about 

 completed. 

 We take orders now for dellv- "•■•' lM<i 

 ery this fall or next sprlag. 

 Writ* for Prieas. ■■•^ 



WHOLSSJX.S SKID OBOWKBS. 



Seadft for prMrat raqnlremciiU ready to lU*. 

 OonMMst orders for daUTary after ttarrett UM 

 art botnf bookfd now. 



i|ANS.KASAND6AIIKN8U0S. WriU tarlMeM. 



TURNIP SEEDs^TAI^VrW?.*- 



CHICAGO 



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Genuine BERMIDA ONION SEED 



Grown and 

 Exported by 



WILDPRET BROTHERS, 'no^-SiS^J-Id"?""' 



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

 Beiit references required from nnknown firms. Orders accepted from the wholesale trade only. 



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LAWN GRASS SEED lia'^L^ 



OicMntont, Evergreen, and Pine Tree Brandt 

 SPECIAL MIXTURES SEED FOR GOLF GROUNDS 



THE ALBERT DICKINSON CO. 



MINNBAPOLIS 



CHICAGO 



tiriiuuu i'he lt«Tlew when you write. 



HAVING BEEN AWARDED THE GRAND PRIZE 



for My |>| /inini I Atth© 



Exhibition of \Mm^IWM\^Lm World*8 Fair 



It li with locreased confldence in my aUUty to nipply superior stock that I solicit a oontinnanoe of 

 patronage, and new cnstomers. ChroCa Xytelda and othar aorta the beat olitaiaabla. 



^^JS^S^e. ARTHUR COWEE,6lailiolus Specialist, Meadowvale Farm, Berlin, N.Y. 



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I Burp 



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Seeds firowj 



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VALLEY PIPS 



Best Oerman fordng and fordnc Xitti MiQU, »«^«— ■■ 

 O&UIIMI. in Borto. selected KOVOZlXOBVlf BTOSS, 

 amSMMOM MAMixaMB, AE4MAS and other Baater 

 fordnc Vlaata and Bvlba imported to order. Fall daUTary. 



Address: AUGUST ROLKER & SONS, I'.S^^^S^^tSI: 



NEW YORK 



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GLADIOLI 



I have one of the finest collections in this 

 country. Doi. lOU 1000 



QtodMI-LMBotae'aHybrlda. No.lN.S6 tl 60 110 00 



•• " *• No. 2 76 6 00 



" •' N0.3 3 00 



" Choice mixed, % to 1-in. (10,000. $«)) 2 50 



" '• '• H to H-in. (10,000, 112) 160 



Send for complete price list ot bulbs and hardy planti. 



K. Y. TKA8. CENTEBTIE.I.E, IND. 



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monument consists of a group symboliz- 

 ing agriculture and horticulture, and 

 three children, one ■winnowing the wheat, 

 another uprooting a beetroot, the third 

 holding a garland of flowers. In this 

 way the idea of the committee in issuing 

 its appeal for subscriptions is carried out. 

 ' ' Without the Vilmorins there would 

 probably be less wheat in our fields, cer- 

 tainly less sugar in our beetroots, and 

 surely fewer flowers in our gardens." 

 On the pedestal supporting the group are 

 four medallions representing four gen- 

 erations of the Vilmorin family. 



"We esteem the Rkview very highly for 

 its Seed Trade News. — Binghamton 

 Seed Co., Binghamton, N. Y. 



SEED BAGS 



for the Trade 



A fuU line in Manila, Fibre and Laid 

 papers, White, Amber and Colored. Print- 

 ing in large or imall quantities, one or more 

 colors, with odtttral directions and with or 

 withotit cuts. Samples and estioutes on 

 application. 



The Brown Bag Filling Machine Co. 



Seed Big Dept. FITCHBUR6. MASS. 



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SEED GROWERS 



nald. Sweat and Pop Corn, Onotim- 

 IMT, Kalon and Sqnaali Baed. Write 

 as before plscinfc contracts. We have 

 superior stock Seed and can furnish you 

 good Seed at reasonable prices. Address 



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



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