Jolt 27, 1905. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



513 



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IJtALIRS II, 

 rLOlUSTS SUPPLJEa 

 WIRB WORK 



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Tcltohone Ctntrai I4i7 



June 28, 



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B. H. Himt, 



7S WatMUh Av«. , 

 Cbloaso, Illi. 

 0««r Slr:- 



Aa p«r yoiir raquest *• glyft our axpcrlanoa with 



fo-B*k-Zna Liquid aa a apray for Thrlp. Wa uaad two tabalapoonful 



of tha liquid to a gallon of watar, and found fourtaan gallona 



<ufflolant for a houaa of Brldaa 25x500 ft. Wa appllad thia about 



two or thraa daya apart, and found It olaanad tha Thrlp complataly 



out of tha houaa. Slnoa than wa hava uaad it In othar boudoa aa a 



■pray, and find thla mathod Tary much battar than fumigating, 



and think wa will dapand antlraly on apraylng with To-Bak-Ina 



Liquid In tha futiira, aa It doaa tha work ao much battar than aaotclng. 



Toura T«ry raapaotfully. 



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Don't Let Thrlps Get the Start of You 



Too few growers appreciate that the best 

 use lor an insecticide is as a preventive. 

 **A stitch in time saves nine." Don't wait 

 until you MUST fumigrate. *'Do it now" 

 and the blooms you save will a flrreat deal 

 more than pay the cost of KEEPING THE 

 HOUSES CLEAN. :::::::::: 



Writ* for Booklet " WOBDB OF WISDOM." by ItaOlaff ffxowars. which 

 tslls all sbont To-B»k-Zii« Prodncts. 



E. H. HUNT 



76 Wabash Ave* 



CHICAGO 



Seed Trade News. 



AMERIC4N SEED TRADE ASS0CI4TI0N. 



Pres., W. H. Grenell, Sag-hiaw, W. S., Mich.; 

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

 l^reas., C. E. Kendel, Cleveland. The 2«h annual 

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



The new crimson winter rhubarb ia 

 being pushed By English houses. It is 

 a Burbank product. 



Many seedsmen will offer for next 

 season seeds of legumes inoculated with 

 nitrogen-fixing bacteria. 



Henry Eckford, the English sweet 

 pea raiser, was recently the recipient 

 of the Victorian medal of honor. 



H. M. Earl, of Burpee & Co., who re- 

 cently returned from a trip to Europe, is 

 now on his way to the Pacific coast. 



The pea crops are weedy and hard 

 to size up. The general opinion is 

 that a short crop will be harvested. 



Beans are doing well considering the 

 adverse conditions at the start. It is 

 too early to give any idea of what the 

 crop will be. 



Taking the reports received from all 

 sections into account, the onion set 

 harvest of 1905 will fall below that of 

 1904 by one-third. 



Reports as to business activity in the 

 seed line at present time express con- 

 fidence in the coming season, with vary- 

 ing statements as to the profit of the 

 season just ended. 



A FARMER is suing an English seed 

 house because twenty-two acres of Best 

 of All purple-top swede proved to be 

 a plant which nobody recognized. In 

 spite of the non-warranty the plaintiff 

 claimed that the seedsman was under 

 necessity to supply some sort of swede. 

 The defendant pleaded that true stock 

 was delivered but that it sported or re- 

 verted to some valueless type, although 

 all other seed from the same 685-bushel 

 crop came true. The judge withheld his 

 decision in order to study up. 



NEBRASKA SEED CROPS. 



C. P. Coy & Son, Waterloo, Neb., write 

 as follows under date of July 21: 



"Seed crops promise to give good re- 

 turns, so far as can be foretold at this 

 date. The season is not suflBciently ad- 

 vanced so that satisfactory yields can be 

 considered certain as yet, but the outlook 

 is favorable now, so far as this district 

 is concerned." 



The Western Seed & Irrigation Co., 

 Fremont, Neb., writes July 22 as fol- 

 lows: 



"While we cannot just at this time 

 give detailed reports, crop conditions, 

 generally speaking, are not as favorable 

 as we could wish, owing to th^ cold, 

 backward spring, which not only delayed 

 planting but also caused many crops to 

 be replanted, and also on account of 

 damage caused by cutworms and bugs. 



"With a few exceptions early and 

 medium varieties of sweet corn promise 

 fair crops, but we do not look for more 

 than half a crop of late sweet corns. 



' * Cucumbers are looking well and from 

 present indications ough^ to make a 

 good crqp., Musk and watermelons show 

 fair prospect, with few exceptions, but 



