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July 13, 1005. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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During July and August 



the best stock will be the cheapest stock to buy. We can give it to you in Roses, Carna- 

 tions, Lilies, etc. Extra care in selecting and packing has made our summer business large. 



^-^^^. . - ^ LONG BEAUTIES, . $3.00 perdoz. ^_^^. , . ^ 

 S PFf I A LS SELECT ROSES, . . 5.00 per 100 SPFCIAI S 

 ^rL^I/%LO CANDIDIUM LILIES, 3.00 per 100 ^'^'-^'^'-^, 

 ^ AURATUM LILIES, . 12.50 per 100 



Our atore closes at 5 p. m. during* July and Aug^ust. 



A. L RANDALL CO., 19 Randolph St, CHICAGO 



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Seed Trade News. 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION. 



Pres., W. H. Grenell. Saginaw, W. S., Mich.; 

 First Vice- Pres., L. L. May, St. Paul; Sec'y and 

 Treas., C. E. Kendel, Cleveland. The 24th annual 

 meeting will beheld at San Jose, Cal., June, 1906. 



A. A, Berey, Clarinda, la., will spend 

 July and August in the mountains near 

 Beulah, Wyo. 



The Theodosia B. Shepherd Co., Ven- 

 tura, Cal., says that owing to the depre- 

 dations of birds they have been com- 

 l)clled to give up growing cosmos for 

 seed, one of their leading specialties for 

 years. 



An Irish grower says that the best 

 late white cottage garden tulip to cut 

 for market is Didieri alba. The blooms, 

 if cut in the bud and put up with a bit 

 of asparagus, would pass for Niphetos 

 roses. It is fragrant. 



St. Louis, Mo. — The Tinsley Seed Co., 

 at 912 North Broadway, is a seed con- 

 cern just starting here. It is a branch 

 of the Southern Seed Co., of Louisville, 

 Ky. Mr. Grice, formerly with Schisler- 

 Cornelli Seed Co., is manager. 



What* is pickle seed, anyway? Will 

 some posted vine seed grower express 

 his views. Years ago if a gardener had 

 asked for pickle seed some seed clerks 

 would have passed him White Portugal 

 onion; others plight have given Marty- 

 nia. 



A Chicago crop inspector, after an ex- 

 tended tour, covering the marsh districts 

 of Indiana and Ohio, as well as impor- 

 tant onion growing sections of Illinois, 

 reports less than two-thirds of a crop of 

 onions standing and conditions such as 

 to promise a worse instead of a better 

 situation by harvest time. 



' ' On account of the very dry season in 

 the Island of Guernsey," writes a cor- 

 respondent of the Horticultural Trade 

 Journal, " f reesia bulbs will not run a 

 large sample, but what they will lose in 

 size thsy will gain in quality, as they are 

 well ripened. Many millions of freesias 

 are grown in this island and sent to the 

 English markets. There is no better pay- 

 ing bulb as a catch crop whether under 

 vines or in boxes. They will be d3ar to 

 buy this season as the freesia bulb crop 

 in France is a complete failure. Early 

 buyers wiU buy the cheapest." 



Nobody has said anything about beans 

 for some time, and yet all are seeking 

 reliable information. 



An English seedsman is making in- 

 quiries as to the growing of Liliura Har- 

 risii for the trade in South Africa. 



Japanese bulbs are quoted at slightly 

 higher prices than last year, due to in- 

 creased costs for labor and war taxes. 



The wholesale seed house of the Bar- 

 clay-Bessonette Co., Temple, Tex., was 

 damaged by fire July 4 to the extent of 

 $1,500; insured. 



Bermuda onion seed, from Teneriife, 

 each season meets with larger sale in 

 the southwest. Texas gardeners will 

 have little else in onions. 



Seed of the Crystal White Wax onion 

 is in good demand at the south. This is 

 the stock that makes the prize white 

 onions that come from Texas. 



Nebraska growers report that if they 

 can manage to keep the weeds down the 

 sweet corn crop will stand quite a bit 

 more of rain without spoiling. 



The wet weather of the week haa 

 brought some of the Chicago onion set 

 growers to the anxious seat. If it keeps 

 on raining they will reach the mourners' 

 bench in due season. 



the hottest periods of weather we have 

 ever known and crops of all kinds have 

 been seriously hurt within the past few 

 days. Sweet peas, which a week ago 

 promised to be one of tho best crops we 

 have ever had, now threaten to be very 

 poor and many varieties will be short. 

 Onion seed threatens to be even shorter 

 than was reported a few weeks ago." 



SUIT OVER CUCUMBERS. 



JanesvlUe, Wis. — Attorneys Pierce and Fisher 

 of JanesvlUe will try before Judjre Honore of 

 Chicago, on July 12, a damage suit lu the sum 

 of 176,000, Involving the sale of a.N^iO pounds 

 of cucumber seed, from which was grown 190.- 

 OiiO bushels of cucumbers, which are claimed 

 to have been not of the variety represented. 



The outcome of the damage suit men- 

 tioned in the above telegram will be of 

 interest to the seed trade. It is reported 

 that the seed mentioned was bought from 

 a broker in Chicago and when the deal 

 was made neither the buyer nor seller 

 mentioned varieties, further than that 

 "pickle" seed was the article that was 

 being bargained for. 



CALIFORNIA SEED CROPS. 



C. C. Morse & Co., Santa Clara, Cal., 

 write as follows under date of July 8: 



' * We have to report, for the benefit of 

 the seed trade who are interested in our 

 crops, that we are experiencing one of 



IN LOUISVILLE DISTRICT. 



The following letter from Wood, 

 Stubbs & Co., Louisville, Ky., dated 

 July 10, sets forth conditions existing 

 in that district: 



The indications are that the crop of 



SEED GROWERS 



Field, 8we«t and Pop Corn, Cnonm- 

 ber. Melon and Squash Seed. Write 

 us before placing contracts. We have 

 superior stock Seed and can furnish you 

 good Seed at reasonable prices. Address 



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



LEONARD 



SEED 

 CO. 



WHOLESALE SEED GROWERS. 



Seeds for present requirements ready to ship. 

 Contract orders for delivery after harvest 1905 

 are being booked now. 

 BLANS. PEAS AftO GARDEN SEEDS. Write for PricM. 



TURNIP SEED. T'?JiI?»"^"«- 



CHICAGO 



OHIOH SBTS. 



Our plantings for the 

 new crop are about 

 ready to harvest. 

 We take orders now for deliv- f'wir iMdt 

 ery this fall or next spring. ■■■ 

 Writ* for Prieoa. '"Ik* 



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