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AUODBT 10, 1906. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



623 



Seed Trade News. 



AMf ltlC4N SEED TRADE ASSOaATHW. 



Pres., W. H. Grenell, Sa&lnaw, W. S., Mich.; 

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

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

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



Visited Chicago. — B. H. Shumway, 

 Bockford, 111. 



Fbed Meyee, of the New Ulm Seed Co., 

 New Ulm, Minn., is on a wedding trip 

 to Europe. 



Considerable quantities of freesia 

 bulbs grown in the Azores have reached 

 this country, some of them injured by 

 heating. 



The blight that did so much damage 

 to the cucumber crop two years ago has 

 again made its appearance. How ex- 

 tensive its inroads may be, or how much 

 it will affect the seed crop, will likely 

 develop within the next two weeks. 



The stock and good will of the well 

 known Surrey Seed Co., Bedhill, Eng- 

 land, which became involved in finan- 

 cial dif&culties, has been sold to a new 

 concern, the Bedfordshire Seed Co. 



Chicago. — Summer trade with the 

 houses supplying seeds to market gar- 

 deners is far above the average. Beans, 

 turnip, spinach and all other seeds for 

 summer planting have been in brisk de- 

 mand. 



An English steamship company has 

 made a gratuitous distribution of Ber- 

 muda grown onions to all the principal 

 hotels and restaurants in London, for the 

 purpose of widening their use and add- 

 ing to the quantity carried. 



A PROMINENT western seedsman says 

 he can get no satisfactory information 

 as to the probable outcome of the seed 

 crops from those with whom he has con- 

 tracts, but that he gets plenty of offers 

 at attractive prices from growers with 

 whom he has no contracts. 



A LEADING Chicago seedsman catering 

 to the market gardening trade says that 

 in his judgment there is no limit to the 

 possible development of the vegetable 

 forcing industry. He believes that, ex- 

 cept possibly for leaf lettuce, the large 

 receipts of southern outdoor vegetables 

 is not a serious menace, as the quality 

 of general indoor crops is so much su- 

 perior. 



A MAN who had made quite a success 

 in another line recently started out t<i 

 mflrknt a weed puller. He spent close to 

 $1,000 a month in the general publica- 

 tions but found thsy didn't puH. Next 

 season he will ask seedsmen to catalogue 

 his device. Incidentally it is worthy of 

 note that the Saturday Evening Post 

 paid for a time, which was more than 

 any other medium did. 



It is reported that the E. J. Bowen 

 seed business in San Francisco will 

 shortly be closed up and that C. C. 

 Morse & Co. will take over their Pacific 

 coast general seed business, independent 

 of the commission box trade. They will 

 issue a general catalogue and solicit what 

 business there may be, confining opera- 

 tions to the coast and continuing grow- 

 ing as before. Headquarters will be re- 

 moved from Santa Clara to San Fran- 

 cisco about January 1. 



IMMORTELLES 



Dyed and Natural 



Season 1906-1906 



HERMITTE, LENOYNE & CO. 



Dealers and Dyers of Immortelles at Ollioules, (Var), France 



infoim their customers that by reason of the abundant crop of this year 

 they are abk to offer Immortelles, dyed and natural, in first choice, at 

 prices much lower than those of last year* Samples and price list will ht 

 sent free on application* Telegraphic address, Lemoyne, Ollioules* 



Mention The Reylew wuen yon write. 



HENRY METTE 



QUEDUNBURS, GERMANY 



firower uii byorter ofCholM 



Beet, Vegetable «* Flower Seed 



PANSIES 



Mette'a **TriuBiph of the Giants,'* 



the most perfect and most beautiful in the 

 world, $5.00 per oz., $1.50 per ^ nz.; 75c 

 per i-i6oz. Postage paid. Cart wit> drie r, 



XiABOZBT STOCnC OV ALJm 



BELGIAN PLANTS! 



Aaaleas, Arancariaa, Sweet Bays, 

 Palms, Begonias, Gloxinias, etc. 



LOUIS VAN HOUTTE PERE 



GHENT, BeloriiuB. 



Mention The ReTlew when yon write. 



DOSES 



'H.^V' Tarietiea. Fisld- n 



PETER LAMBERT, Trier, Bermanf. 



Vov«1tl«s 

 Toroing 



and 

 Beddiagr 

 ■ ffrown, 

 •txong' and healthy. 



Mention The Beriew when yoo write. 



The U. S. Department of Agriculture 

 bas issued a revised edition of the bu] 

 letin on the striped cucumber beetle^ 

 dtsctribing remedies. 



It looks as though the importer who 

 aroused the ire of his competitors by his 

 early quotations on French Romans knew 

 exactly what he was about. 



W. W. Bawson is quoted as sajring of 

 cucumbers for forcing: "New seed will 

 produce the strongest vines and will ger- 

 minate much quicker than older seed, say 

 two or three days. I prefer seed five or 

 six years old that will germinate in six 

 or seven days. They will produce more 

 fruit with less vine than new seed. I 

 do not think the percentage of germina- 

 tion is any better in new seed than m 

 seed five or six years old." 



HOLLAND SEED CROPS. 



Sluis & Groot, Enkhuizen, Holland, re- 

 port that last autumn the weather was 

 continually very dry, especially in Sep- 

 tember and October, and consequently 

 many plants have developed poorly. This 

 applies especially to turnips, sorrel, 

 swedes and kohlrabi, so that in general 

 the plantations are smaller than last 

 year. The mild winter was favorable for 

 the crops and only a few plants were 

 killed. In a general way of speaking, 

 the weather has been most favorable; 



/>%//>■ A ajClkl Weicelt'a GiKsntlc-' 

 l.llJ AMrN Bloomed colturea. 

 \j I V»l_/miTll_l^ unexcelled in form 



and fertility. NEW OROP WARRANTED. 

 4001. brillant pink-carmine; 4002. glowing 

 red: 4008. deep-dark red. 40C4. brillant pink: 

 4006. mow white: 4006. lilac colored: 4007. 

 white with eye. Each shade, lOOseedi, 40c: 

 1000 leede. 18 60: 10.000 seeds, 126.00. Splen- 

 did mixture of above kinds: 100 seeds, 8O0: : 

 1000 seedn, t2.S0: 10 000 seeds, t28.76. 



BZKZBITXOH TXiOWWKB 

 No. 606— Harvested txclosively from select, 

 finely fringed elite flowers, brilliantly shaded, 

 the best cyclamen of the world. 1 pkg.. 26c; 

 100 seeds. 91.00: lOOO seeds. 08 %. 



0016— Novelty of the flrkt rank: salmon- 

 pink to scarlet, eonalderably improved by ua, 

 MO seeds. $1.00: lOOO seeds $8.76. 



socooo 



NEW I Produces blooms of up to 4 inches 

 in diameter. The best novelty out: compet- 

 ing in color elleeta witb orchids. 100 seeds. 

 $1.76; 1000 seed*. tl6 00. 



tUKOWTJJLKBB 

 NEW I Glossy like silk and pure white. 

 The blooms are of gigantic size, covering 

 tbe plant during the bJooming season like big 

 snowflakes. best kind for wreaths. 100 

 seeds, tLOO: 1000 seeds $8.75. 

 To giv ova Oyolamen a trial la to 

 heoom* onz steady cnatomar. 

 Cataloipias tt— to any address. 



WEI6ELT & CO., Erfurt, Germany 



^ Specialists in Weed Onltnras. ^ 

 Mention Hie Review when yog write. 



The Tottenham Nurseries Ltd. 



(BstshUshsd In 1872.) 

 Managing Director, A. M. C. VAN DER Ef ST. 



Dedemsvaart, Holland. 



Headquarters for Kardy Parennlals, among 

 which are the latest and choicest. 13 aciea 

 devoted for growing tbis line, including Anemo- 

 ne. Aster, Oampannla, Delphinium. Fnnkiae, 

 Hemerocallis. Hepatica. Incarvillea, Iris, 

 Peonies. Phlox decussata and suflruticosa. 

 Primula. Pyrethrum, Tritoma, Hardy Heatb, 

 Hardy Ferns. Also 5 acres of Daffodils, 12 acre* 

 of Conifers, specially young choice varieties to 

 be grown on; 8 acres Rhododendrons, including 

 the best American and Alpine varieties : 2 acres 

 Hydrangeas. We make it a point to grow aU. 

 tbe latest novelties in these lines. Ask for catalog. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



VAN DER WEIJDEN A CO. 



THE NURSERIES, BOSKOOP, HOLLAND. 



Wholeaale Growers aiicl Kxporters of all kind^ 

 of Nursery and Florists' Slock. Hardy plants an* 

 shrubs for outdoor planting. Fine ornamentai 

 stock for landscape work. H. P. Roses, Crimson 

 Ramblers, Climbing Plants, etc. Flrst-claas 

 stock only. Reasonable prices. Ask for cata- 

 logue and prices. 



H O AQBHTS. FOB THg TBAPB OH^T. 



but the worm has materially impaired 

 cabbages and turnips, so that the en- 

 tire jield, they think, will prove not up 

 to the average. 



Prospects of the growing crops for 

 flower seeds are not quite so favorable 

 as last year, yet they say that if the 

 weather continues favorable until tho 

 season closes, the crop- as a whole will be 

 a full average one. The continually fine 

 weather caused most plants to be small 

 but seedy. If this weather lasts some 

 six weeks longer they say they are likely 

 to harvest seed of excellent quality. 



