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The Wccldy Florists' Review* 



October 26, 1905. 



planted late, and these will turn out 

 a^ut eighty per cent. .Tie qtjialitj of 

 the s«ed is the best for yean and ' a lai^ge 

 flarplus is in the hands of the growers. 

 Jefferson county, Florida, no doubt pro- 

 ■dnces more than one-half the watermelon 

 fleed of the United States, the soil and 

 climatic conditions producing the crop 

 to perfection." 



The cucumber crop from the Michigan 

 section this year will make heavy plump 

 seed. 'The deliveries so far made are 

 "better in this respect than they have 

 'tieen i? several years. 



The position of California Lima beans 

 ^in the New York market is very unset- 

 "tled, prices having declined so rapidly 

 tJiat no one knows just where the mar- 

 "ket is. The latest quotations were $2.85 

 to $2.90. 



The ' United States Seed Co., St. 

 Louis, ; has been incorporated with 

 ^,000 capital stock, fully paid. The 

 incorporators are Everett Davis, forty 

 shares; John H. Elton, thirty-nine 

 shares; T. W. Davis, one share. 



Speaking of advertising in general 

 publications, the Ford Seed Co., Baven- 

 na, O., say that they believe they will 

 eoDoentr§,t^ their efforts on a smaller 

 pat of papers the coming year. They are 

 ieonvinced that it will pay them better 

 tlian to spread out so much. They will 

 sot materially change their appropria- 

 tion but use a greater number of issues, 

 tbue keeping before the readers for a 

 'longer time. 



Watkins & Simpson, the London 

 -seedsmen, have prepared a large and 

 Jiandsomely printed catalogue of electro- 

 types suitable for illustrating seed cata- 

 logues. They are also sending the Amer- 

 ican trade a catalogue of seed novelties 

 mostly of their own raising, including a 

 new runner bean, the Marvel, named 

 iMcause of its prolificness; a rich orange 

 ■almon sweet pea named Evelyn Byatt, 

 v^wiiioh created a sensatioji at the London 

 riiows, and many others. They say that 

 they consider it the strongest list of 

 jurvelties they have ever issued. 



CORN IN OHIO, 



'C S. Clark, Wakeman, 0., writing 

 under date of October 19, says: "I 

 am pleased to report a well matured 

 crop of sweet corn, field com and pop 

 com for seed purposes. But on ac- 

 count of continued heavy rains in tbe 

 spring, at planting time, our acreage 

 was cut down so that we shall have 

 BO surplus to speak of, if any. In fact, 

 ■we can now see some shortage and, as 



Braslan Seed 

 Growers Co. a 



WHOBB8AI.B BBBD OB0WBB8 



^AN JOSE, CALIFORNIA 



3700 

 Acres 

 of Gar- 

 des Seeds 

 Cslliva- 

 ties. 



4 



SEEDT GROWERS 



'Tlsld, Sweet and Pop Com, Cticnm- 



i>or, Melon and Sqnash 8eed. Write 



.us before placing contracts. We have 



'- superior stock Seed and can furnish you 



' good Seed at reasonable prices. Address 



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



ilentlon Tb« Reriew when yoa write. 



the crop is not yet all harvested, nor 

 is ^ cured and ^riedyi^thire is a chance 

 ton more shortages. In ^quality the 

 crop is fine but from all reports we 

 have heard as to quantity we should 

 favor the bull side of the market." 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



George H. "Walker, No. Dighton, Mass., 

 dahlias and miscellaneous stock; M. 

 Herjb, Naples, Italy, catalogue No. 99, 

 a list of novelties of his own raising, 

 with descriptions in English, French 

 and German; D. Guiheneuf, Paris, 

 France, trade list of bulbs and plants; 

 H. Merrywefather & Sons, Southwell, 

 Notts, England, new and scarce roses, 

 plants, etc.; C. S. Harrison, York, Neb., 

 list of peonies and perennials; F. C. 

 Heinemann, Erfurt, Germany, seed nov- 

 elties; T. V. Munson & Son, Denison, 

 Tex., tree-planter's handbook. 



FOR EXPANSIONISTS. 



So far as the seed trade is concerned 

 the "noncontiguous" possessions of the 

 United States are of very small impor- 

 tance. The U. S. Department of Agri- 

 culture has just issued a volume of sta- 

 tistics showing that in the years men- 



WATERMELON SEED 



I have a surplus of most of the leading sorts, 

 strictly first-class in every respect. Let me have 

 a list of your requirements and I will quote you 

 a price that will be attractive for best stocks. 



Address D. H. GILBERT 

 Grower of Melon Seed, Monticello, Fla. 



Mpntlon The Rp^lew wh<>p yon writp. 



S.D.Woodruff&Sons 



SPECIALTIES: 



Garden Seeds in Variely. 



Maine seed potatoes, onion seta, etc. 

 Correspondence solicited. 



Main Office and Seed Farms, ORANGE, GONN. 

 New York City Store. 82-84 Dey 8tr««t. 



C. C. MORSE S CO. 



Seed Growers 



815-817 Sansome Street, 



SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. 



Oarsfal grrowsrs of California speoialtiss. 



OW SETS 



Have nice stock to 

 offer for immediate 

 or future shipment. 



H. H. CHESTER St CO. 



4 S. Clark St., Chicago. ' 



Mention The Rerlew when you write. 



tioned we sent seeds to the following 

 values to the countries men^oned: ^^ 



{. Country. -*i903. f 1004. 



Alaska $1,396 $1,182 



Hawaii 4,922 6,815 



Porto Rico 2,313 2,796 



Philippines 68 329 



Ouam 9 



In the same years seeds to the follow- 

 ing values were received from the coun- 

 tries named: 



Country. 1903. 1904. 



Alaska $ 638 $ 231 



Hawaii 74 116 



Porto Rico 3,306 



Philippines S 



Onarga, III. — Ludvig Mosbaek is 

 building an addition of three new 

 houses 27x100 feet to take care of the 

 increasing demand for bedding plants. 

 Material is furnished, as usual, by John 

 C. Moninger Co. His canna and dahlia 

 crops are very promising and so are the 

 pansies and other perennial plants, for 

 which there is a steadily increasing de- 

 mand from the trade from Florida to 

 Canada. 



Send 25c and the Review will mail 

 the Pronouncing Dictionary. 



CYCLAMEN SEED.... 



NEW COLORS IN CYCLAMEN. 



UIIGU I nui 9. Pn ^s've now seed of their grrand 

 nUbn LUlT & uUi new variety, "L,ow'8 Sal- 

 mon," the finest new thing introduced in recent 

 years, as well as their old well-known varieties of 

 GiKanteum," also seed of Schizanthus Wise- 

 tonensis, the Finest of All. 3(1 cents and 60 cents per 

 packet. 



The House for Roses, Tigu, 



Vines, Heaths, Palms, etc. 



Get quotations from headquarters. 



BUSH HILL PARK, Middlesex, Eng. 



Mention The Review when yoa write. 



Electros! Electros! 



(CUches) 



An Illustrated Album 



containing a CVlQUE COLLECTION of up-to- 

 date PHOTO ELECTROS of leading varieties of 

 VEGETABLES and FLOWERS, soitable for 

 ILLUSTRATING SEED CATALOGUES, now 

 ready and free on application. 



Also our list of sterling NOVELTIES of VEG- 

 ETABLE and FLOWER SEEDS for 1906. Seed 

 catalogue published in December. 



WATKINS A SIMPSON 



8BBD KSBOKAVTS 



la Tavistoek Street 



Covent Garden, London, England 



HENRY MEHE 



QUEDUNBUR8, GERMANY 



6ro wer ui Exporter ef Choice 



Beet, Ysgetable m Flower Seed 



PANSIES 



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



the most perfect and most beautiful in the 

 world, $5.00 per oz., $1.50 per X oz.; 75c 

 per 1-16 oz. Postage paid. Cwh with Ortlor. 



LEONARD 



Leading SEED 

 Onion Set _, __,__ ,-^ ,-^ 

 Growers "-Lgw^ CO. 



SE^D GROWERS 



We are amons: the hreest growers of Peas> 

 Beans and Garden Seeds in the trade* 



Write tor Prices. 



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