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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



NOVEMBEB 23, 1905. 



J. M. Thorburn & Co., New York, 

 must seek a new location, as the build- 

 ing they occupy at 36 Cortlandt street. 

 New York, is to be razed. 



E. S. Thompson, trading as the Michi- 

 gan Seed Co,, and the Central Seed & 

 Bulb Co., has moved to 194 Eandolph 

 street, Chicago, and will do a retail as 

 well as wholesale commission business. 



The L. a. Budlong Co. has been ad- 

 vertising a big fall crop of spinach by 

 means of cards in thousands of Chicago 

 street cars. Backed up by a force of 

 salesmen calling on all grocers, hotels 

 and restaurants, they report that the ad- 

 vertising was very successful. 



DEATH OF T. W. WOOD. 



Timothy W. Wood, senior member of 

 the firm of T. W. Wood & Sons, and 

 president of the Implement Company, 

 of Eichmond, Va., died November 12. 

 Mr. Wood had been in failing health for 

 some time. Early in June he left for 

 Europe and spent about three months 

 abroad, hoping to improve by a change 

 of air and scenes. 



A native of Lincoln, England, where 

 he was born sixty-six years ago, Mr. 

 Wood came to this country in 1873 and 

 early settled in Richmond, where he laid 

 the fonndation for what has since become 

 one of the leading seed houses in the 

 south. The beginning was unpretentious, 

 but Mr. Wood brought to the business a 

 sound judgment, which, with the experi- 

 ence gained during his connection with 

 similar enterprises in England, made a 

 success from the first. Today the firm 

 covers a territory including practically 

 Che entire south. The house also does 

 , considerable foreign business. 



The other chief business connection 

 ^f Mr. Wood was the Implement Co., of 

 Eichmond, of which he secured control 

 about eight years ago. His sons were 

 associated with him in this business until 

 the time of his death, with the excep- 

 tion of one, who withdrew from the firm 

 to open a seed house of his own in 

 Louisville, Ky. 



-• The first wife of Mr. Wood was Miss 

 Elizabeth Price, of England. About 

 two years ago he married Mrs. Anna In- 

 gram, of Manchester. He leaves four 

 children: Henry W. Wood, William P. 

 Wood and Mrs. H. Stuart MacLean, of 

 Eichmond, and C. F. Wood, of Louis- 

 yille. 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



Uncle Sam runs not only one of the 

 largest seed shops, but the largest pub- 

 lishing house in the United States, each 

 located at Washington, and he makes 

 about as much out of one as the other. 

 The publishing department has recently 

 been turning out an unusual quantity of 

 matter of interest to seedsmen, prepared 

 in the Bureau of Plant Industry of the 

 Department of Agriculture. 



In line with the Department's recent 

 publication of the results of tests of 

 adulterated grass seeds. The Seeds of the 

 Bluegrasses is the more important of 

 the pamphlets just to hand. The work is 

 in two parts, one bearing the sub-title. 

 The Germination, Growing, Handling 

 and Adulteration of Bluegrass Seeds, by 

 Edgar Brown, the other Descriptions of 

 the Seeds of the Commercial Bluegrasses 

 and their Impurities, by F. H. Hillman. 

 The second part is freely illustrated, not 

 only with drawings from which, with the 

 lid of a magnifying glass, the various 



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VERBENAS 



Michell's Magnificent Strain of Selected Verbena Seed in six different colors^ Redt 

 Blue, White, Purple, Pink, Striped; also choice mixed, all colors. 30c per trade 

 packet; $1.50 per ounce* This seed is far above the average and must not be 

 confounded with ordinary Verbena Seed* 



SPECIAL OFFER— We offer an exceptionally strong lot of field-grown 

 plants of MAMAN COCHET ROSES, Pink and White, $8.00 per 100; 

 $75.00 per 1000. This is an unusually good offer. 



The Henry F. Michell Co., 1018 Market St., Philadelph 



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ARTHUR COWEE, 



KABOBST STOCK IK THE WOB^D. 



Qaallty, the best obtainable. GBOFF'S HTBBIDS 

 and other strains of merit. 



Write for catalogue. 



Qladiolns Speolaliat, 

 KBADOWVAIiE FABM, 



BERUN, N. Y. 



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FOR SALE 



Ow^ing to age and poor healthy I offer for 

 sale my stock in the corporation, 



Amzi Godden Seed Company 



of Birmingham, Ala. 



of which I am the vice-president and treas- 

 urer. Capital stock of company forty thous- 

 and ($40,000.00) dollars. The company 

 has never earned less than 25 per cent net 

 per annum on its capital. 



Will furnish statement to interested parties 

 and invite full investigation. Reasonable 

 terms. Address C. H. REED. SR., 



Amzi Godden Seed Q)., Birmingham, Ala. 



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An Unusual 

 Opportunity 



To secure an interest in an old estab- 

 lished Bulb, Seed and Plant business in 

 New York City, is open to a man of 

 character, experience and energy, who 

 has some capital. Address, 



OPPORTUNITY 

 Care Florists' Review, Chicago 



species of pod may be identified, but also 

 with drawings showing the weed seeds 

 commonly found in commercial bluegrass 

 seeds. Prof. Galloway says in the letter 

 of transmittal that "the descriptions 

 and illustrations will be of great value 

 in furnishing seedsmen the necessary in- 

 formation to enable them to distinguish 

 the different species," which may be 

 taken to mean that * ' didn 't know it was 

 loaded" will no longer pass as an excuse 

 in the case of the sale of adulterated 

 seed. 



Spraying for Cucumber and Melon 

 Diseases, by W. A. Orton, is published 

 as Farmers' Bulletin, No. 231. The dis- 

 eases of curcubits are described, also 

 various experiments at controlling them, 

 with practical conclusions relative to the 

 methods and profit of spraying. 



Okra, its Culture and Use, by W. E, 

 Beattie, is the title of Farmers' Bulletin 



VALLEY Ky 



Early Giant Forcing 



Forces for Christmas with good foliage and 

 unsurpassed for later crops. The pips are 

 selected with the greatest care, all with long, fib- 

 rous roots. Every pip bears a long, strong stalic 

 with twelve to sixteen large bells. Per 100, $1.50; 

 per 1000, $14.00; per case of 2,500, $34.50. 



Per 100 Per 1000 

 Lilinm Lonffiflomm, 7 to 9 $4.00 $36.00 



8 to 10.... 7.00 65.00 

 Lilinm Mnltiflornm, 7 to 9 4.75 42.00 



9 to 10.... 8.00 72.00 



bUnnlC DnUOi UUi Milwaukee,Wis. 



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Crop 1906. RAWSON'S ROYAL STRAIN 

 CYCLAMEN is ready for delivery. 



This strain has no equal or better. 

 Perfect flowers of giant type are 

 borne on long, erect stems In such 

 profusion that they almost hide the 

 foliage and pot. We can offer the 

 following colors: Pure V7hlte, Deep 

 Red, Delicate Pink, Christmas Bed, 

 White with Claret Base, Mauve, Salmon, Pink and 

 a mixture of unsurpassable variety at 11.00 per 

 100 seeds; t9.00 per 1000 seeds. 



W. W. RAWSON & CO., Seedsmen, 

 12 and 13 Fanenil Hall S^aare, • BOSTON 

 Mention The Review when yon write. 



ILIUM 



HSRRISII 



6 to 7, 400 in oaae, $2.00. 



WM. ELLIOTT & SONS 



Auction Dept., 201 Fuiton St., New York 



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AUGUSTA, and WHITE AHD I.IOHT. 



Our sizes in both varieties run to measure 1% 



up. No. I; \% to \%, No. II; \% to IX. No. III. 



We guarantee OOOD, SOUITD SUlbBB. 



Ask for prices. Address all correspondence to 



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No. 232. Okra is centuries old but only 

 just coming into general use in the "United 

 States. Methods of growing are de- 

 scribed, also gathering and marketing. 

 Of seed growing, it is said that where 

 more than one variety is grown they will 

 mix if not separated by at least a quar- 

 ter of a mile. A half dozen recipes for 

 the use of okra are given. 



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