704 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



August 17, 1905. 



Seed Trade News. 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOaATION. 



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

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

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

 meeting will be held at San Jose, Cal., June, 190C. 



Visited New York.— S. B. Dicks, of 

 Cooper, Taber & Co., London, England. 



Seed crops at growing stations in On- 

 tario do not show average condition for 

 this date. 



Charles A. Heath, of the Albert 

 Dickinson Co., Chicago, has returned 

 from a trip to the Yellowstone. 



Reports from Canada indicate that 

 deliveries from that section on some of 

 the important varieties of wrinkled peas 

 will be quite short. 



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

 a sweet pea novelty called Helen Pierce, 

 bright blue mottled on pure white, which 

 they consider the most distinct of their 

 many introductions. 



Seed salesmen report it unusually 

 hard to get business. Competition is so 

 keen that he who holds out for a fair 

 margin of profit sees the other man walk 

 out with the order. They all see a finish 

 ahead but do not say whether it will be 

 theirs or the other fellow's. 



A Chicago board of trade operator 

 has noted the fact that nowadays every 

 farmer who has half a dozen bags of 

 grass seed to sell puts an advertisement 

 in one or another of the papers pub- 

 lished for the flour and feed dealers. He 

 wonders how the grass seed dealers like 

 it. 



Reports are received from Michigan, 

 Indiana and Ohio, to the effect that an 

 insect that works at the root of the cu- 

 cumber vine is doing serious injury to 

 the crops of cucumber in those states. 

 This together with the blight mentioned 

 last week makes things look as though 

 cucumber seed will be a very short crop. 

 Nebraska and the far east may make up 

 the loss, however. 



The onion set harvest is about fin- 

 ished. The crop on the whole shows sets 

 of nice size and good quality. In all 

 sections a heavy falling off from last 

 year is reported. The two-thirds of an 

 average crop predicted at the beginning 

 of the harvest has held out to the end. 

 An anxiety on the part of the smaller 

 grower to realize at once on his product 

 causes a present depression in the prices 

 and makes it look as though the crop 

 is over-plentiful. This condition of the 

 market is likely to change as soon as the 

 large buyers get to know that the crop 

 is short. 



Cooper Taber & Co., London, England, 

 are out with their crop report for Au- 

 gust. In general they say crops on the 

 other side are doing well. Short crops 

 will be: Beet — Edmand's and Egyp- 

 tian, 90 per cent ; Dewing 's and Crosby 's 

 Egyptian, 60 to 65 per cent. Cabbage — 

 Red Dutch, 50 per cent; Fottler's Bruns- 

 wick, and Red Rack, 75 per cent; Savoy 

 cabbage a failure. Kohl Rabi— White 

 Vienna, for forcing, a failure. Sage, 5(j 

 per cent. Scarlet Globe radish, 75 per 

 cent. Ruta boga, 50 per cent. "White 

 Milan Turnip, 50 per cent. Cowhorn 

 turnip, 80 per cent. 



rvn^ Flower Seeds 



Crop 



FOR AUGUST SOWING 



Onr atraiiiB of Cineraria, Oaloeolarla, Oyolamcn, Prlmolaa and Panalcs arc ffrown 

 by ranowned Enropean Spaolallata and ara absolntaly nnanrpaased In quality. 



CINERARIA. 



BngrllBh Prize Mixed Cshow varieties) H trade 

 pkt , 50c; trade pkt., tl.OO. 

 OTCLAMBN PBR8ICDM GIQANTEUMC. 



Mixed (show var.) M) seeds 40c; 100 seeds, 76c. 

 DOUBLE DAISY (BelUs Pereanis). 



Trade pkt. 



Olant Snowball (pure white) 3Uc 



Longrrellow (pink) 3Uc 



Olant Mixed SOc 



Choice O'Tman Mixed 2&c 



MIGNONETTE 

 Defiance, long' spikes, fragrant, best 



'or cutting 15c 



Machet (True), dwarf, deep red, fine 



for pots 16o 



Golden Machet 15c 



Oz 



$2 50 

 2.60 

 2.00 

 1.76 



50 



MYOSOTIS ( Forge t-Me- Not). Trade pkt. 

 AlpestrlB Victoria, dwarf, sky blue...2&c 



Alpestrls, blue . . 15c 



Dlsaitlflora, large flowered, early 30c 



Palustrls, (True Forget Me-Not) 30c 



PRIMOIiA— Chinese Primrose. 

 English Prize Fringed Mixed, unsur- 

 passed, per 100 seeds, 25c; 500 seeds, 

 tl.OO; 1000 seeds. tl.50. 

 Primula Forbesi (Baby PrlmroseJ....4no 



Obconica Grandinora lOo 



Stellata (Star Primrose) 5Uo 



PANSY— J. & S. Kingly CoUectlon. 



Unquestionably the finest strain of 



Giant Pansy now offered to the 



trade, 1000 seeds, 30c; 2000 8eeds,50c; 



50U0 seeds. 11.00 



Oz. 



11.00 



.40 



2.00 



6.0O 



SEE OUB PANBT OPFEB XH AUG.. 3 ISSUE. 



JOHNSON & STOKES, MAR^K'^f's^'lEET. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



LEONARD 



SEED 



OHIO« SITS. 



Our crop is now 

 harvested. 



WHITE PEARL SETS 



Ready to ship. 

 Writ* fer Prioaa 



WHOLESALE SEED GROWERS. 



Seeds for present requirements ready to ship. 

 Contract orders for delivery after harvest 1905 

 are still being booked. 

 BEANS. PEAS AND GARDEN SEEDS. Write for Prices. 



TIRNIP SEED. "riIS,%»,'i,".J.- 



CO. CHICAGO 



Flowir Sudi 

 ind 

 Bulbs 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



PANSY SEED 

 NEW CROP 



The two best mixtures for florists. 



Currie's International Mixture 



1000 seeds 60c; % oz., 11.25: 1 oz., $8.00. 



Currie's Giant Mixture 



lOCO Feeds, ^'c: 3^ oz . 60c: 1 oz.. S4.00. 

 Write for price libt of bulbs, plants, etc. 



CURRIE BROS. CO. 



Seedsmen and Florists, Milwaukee, Wis. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



Cyclamen Seed 



FRESH CROP, eiean, Plump Seed 



These seeds have been carefully saved from 

 the finest Bpecimens both as to plant and bloom. 

 Our plants are from a well known strain which 

 we have greatly improved during the past four 

 years. Those who visited our place during their 

 blooming time know what they are. Tou will 

 make no mistake in sowing this seed. Sow in 

 Augiut for large specimen plants. In separate 

 colors. White, white with red eye, rose, lavender 

 and wine color. 16.00 per 1000. 



BAUR & SMITH 



38tli St. and Senate Ave., Indianapolis, Ind. 



Mention Tlie Review when you write. 



Chas. N. Page, Des Moines, chair 

 man of the committee on postal laws 

 of the Seed Trade Association, is at 

 Washington thi.s week to push matters 

 in co-operation with the Society of Amer- 

 ican J lorists. 



I)K.(i.s & Beadle.s, Bichmond, Va., re- 

 port the summer seed trade as good, but 

 not so good as last year. Heavy cabbage 

 and potato crops were marketed below 

 cost of production. Other truck crops 

 have brought f;;ir prices. 



CINERARIAS strong 2-in.. very fine. $2.00 per 100. 

 CHINESE PRIMROSES 21n.be8t^growa,|2.0O 



XXX SEEDS 



CHINESE PRIMROSE 



Finest grown, mixed, 500 seeds, $1.00; K pkt., 50c. 



GIANT DAISY SSfSris?.''''"' 



GIANT PANQV*^^^ ^^^^ '^''^^ 

 IMI^ I fMI^OT flowering varie- 

 ties, critically selected, 5000 seeds. Sl.OO; half pkt., 

 50c. 500 seeds of Giant Mme. Ferret pansy 

 seed added to every $1.00 pkt. of Oiant Pansy. 

 Cash. Liberal extra count of seeds in all packets. 



JOHN r. RUPP, Shiremanstowa, Pa. 



THB HOME OF PBIMROSKS. 



Mention Tlie Review whon yon write. 



We are now bookintr orders for 



LILIUM HARRISII, 

 Lilium Longiflorum, 



ROMAN HYACINTHS, 



PAPER WHITE NARCISSI, etc. 



WHOLCSAIE PRICE LIST NOW READY. 



CYCAS REVOLUTA 



at $8.00 per 100 lbs. 



J. M. THORBURN & CO. 



36 CorUandt St. NEW YOBK. 



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The weather is very bad for the bean 

 crops. The humid conditions are caus- 

 ing a mould that promises to do serieus 

 damage. 



