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July 20, 1905. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



465 



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SPECIALS ?IV^SI'^^^^^'^^-2S-SS2p*'^ISS SPECIALS 



^_-;;;^^^_^^^ ASTERS, • • 1.50-2.00 per 100 --— ==:^ 

 AURATUM LILIES, . 12.50 per 100 



During July and August 



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

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



Our store closes at 6 p. m. during^ July and Augfust. 



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



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Seed Trade News. 



AMCRIC4N SEED TRADE ASSOCUTION. 



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 be held at San Jose, Cal., June, 1906. 



There have been several days of 

 "good corn weather" in the middle 

 west as well as in the east. 



Up to the present no decision has been 

 handed out in the pickle seed damage 

 suit mentioned in our issue of last week. 



The employees of Johnson & Stokes, 

 Philadelphia, were entertained at the 

 firm's trial grounds, Moorestown, N. J., 

 July 15. 



The reports from the bean sections 

 are more favorable this week. The 

 weather is the important factor in the 

 making of a crop. 



Arthur H. Luck, with the Iowa Seed 

 Co., Des Moines, Iowa, sails today via 

 Holland-American line for Europe, to 

 be gone two months. 



At the recent election of the Indian- 

 apolis Board of Trade, Wm. S. Gilbreath 

 was elected to serve a four-year term on 

 the board of governors. 



The trustee in bankruptcy has noti- 

 fied the creditors of J. R. Eatekin, Shen- 

 andoah, la., that a dividend of twenty 

 per cent will be paid July 24. 



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Chicago. — The present week has given 

 excellent weather for onion set harvest- 

 ing and the operation is in full swing 

 with many of the growers here. The 

 yield, so far as harvested, is below ex- 

 pectations. 



It is reported that the onion set har- 

 vest at Louisville, Ky., and at Indian- 

 apolis, Ind., is in full progress. The 

 yield at both places is well up to ex- 

 pectations. The quality at Louisville is 

 below the average, owing to rather large 

 size. 



From London comes the following as 

 to beets: "The black aphis has been 

 much in evidence on the plants of beet 

 for seed; they find their way to them 

 when the plants are in bloom, and seem 

 to suck out their life juices. The out- 

 look as to a probable seed crop is by no 

 means assuring. ' ' 



Carters, the English seedsmen, have 

 1,437 trials of peas this season and 120 

 varieties of sweet peas. 



A BULLETIN of interest to seedsmen is 

 entitled "Extermination of Johnson 

 Grass," by W. J. Spillman, agrostolo- 

 gist, and issued May 20 by the U. S. 

 Department of Agriculture. 



Two bulletins of the U. S. Department 

 of Agriculture of interest to seedsmen 

 who handle grass seeds are * * Range Man- 

 agement in the State of Washington," 

 by J. S. Cotton, and "North American 

 Species of Agrostis, " by A. S. Hitch- 

 cock. 



The freesia bulbs grown in Guernsey, 

 and for which there is such a demand 

 from England, are grown in greenhouses 

 but eighty per cent are grown in boxes 

 and pots, which, immediately after 

 blooming, are put outside to ripen and 

 in consequence of the dry weather this 

 summer are smaller in size. 



CALIFORNIA SEED CROPS. 



Under date of July 18, C. C. Morse & 

 Co., Santa Clara, Cal., telegraph as fol- 

 lows : 



* ' Most crops were badly injured by the 

 hot wave. Leek, mustard, parsnips, tur- 

 nips and radishes are a full crop. Spin- 

 ach, all Yellow Globe onions, some sorts 

 of lettuce and some sweet peas will be 

 very short. Other crops will be light, 

 but we still hope to fill contracts on most 

 things. Sweet peas and onions will aver- 

 age less than one-third of a crop. It is 

 too early for estimates on peas, beans 

 and cucumbers, but these are looking 

 only fair." 



CONNECTICUT CROPS. 



Everett B. Clark, of Milford, Conn., 

 writes as follows under date of July 10: 

 ' ' The very favorable weather of the 

 past two weeks is bringing crops for- 

 ward rapidly. The cold and wet start 

 resulted in no serious set-back to seed 

 growers generally. The sweet corn was 

 slow in starting, but there is a fine 

 stand and the crop is looking far bet- 

 ter than the one of a year ago at this 

 time. Seed crops generally look well, 

 but the acreage is very light, not over 

 half the breadths put out this season. 

 This is especially true of the onion seed 

 crops. Most farmers were somewhat 

 discouraged with the yields of the past 

 few years and the price of the bulbs 

 was so high this spring that they dis- 

 posed of them, hence planted a very 

 light acreage. Rain would be very wel- 

 come at present. ' ' 



FRENCH SEED CROPS. 



Hasslach & Roumanille, St. Remy-de- 

 Provence, France, report as follows on 

 the seed crops of the south of France: 



A loner, cold winter with Ice from January 

 1 to 3, with 18 degrees of Fahrenheit, and 

 again a sudden cool at Eaaterday, haa de- 

 stroyed many of our winter-cultivation and 

 seriously crippled the plants that survived. 

 This concerns especially beeta, carrots, eel- 



SEED GROWERS 



Field, Bwe«t and Pop Corn, Cuonm- 

 ber. Melon and Bqnasli Seed. Write 

 us before placing contracts We have 

 superior stock Seei and can furnish you 

 good Seed at reasonable prices. Address 



A. A. BEfiRY SEED COMPANY, ClariiHla, la. 



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LEONARD 



OHIOH SBTS. 



Our plantings for the 

 new crop are about 

 ready to harvest. 



We take orders now for deliv- 

 ery this fall or next spring. 

 Writ* for Prieaa. 



WHOLESALE SEED GROWERS. 



Seeds for present requirements ready to ship. 

 Contract orders for delivery after harvest 1905 

 are being booked now. 

 BEANS, PEAS AND GARDEN SEEDS. Write for Price*. 



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