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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



NOVBMBEB 30, 1905. 



Seed Trade News. 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOaATION. 



Pres., W. H. Grenell. Saginaw, W. S., Mien.; 

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

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

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



C. H. Keed, Sr., has disposed of his 

 stock in the Amzi Godden Seed Co., 

 Birmingham, Ala. 



Advance shipments of peas and beans 

 are being received at the south and re- 

 ports are that in a general way the sam- 

 ples are very satisfactory. 



Several shipments from foreign parts 

 are due to reach the ports of entry 

 within the week. It is hoped that the 

 goods will be permitted a speeding clear- 

 ance. 



C. D. Brown & Son have bought the 

 Ferdinand Yost seed business at Sedalia, 

 Mo. Porter Brown has for several years 

 traveled for the Plant Seed Co., St. 

 Louis. 



The early wholesale lists show widely 

 varying prices, on such items as Yellow 

 Globe onion, for instance, which is 

 wanted on all sides and not to be had in 

 quantity in spite of many low quota- 

 tions. 



The mushroom craze is still in full 

 swing. The Chicago flat dweller thinks 

 that a mushroom plant in the basement 

 is a sufficient cause to cancel a leaae if 

 the family who occupy the second floor 

 wish to move. 



The preliminary price lists of the 

 wholesalers are thought to show only 

 the local ideas of values. The later 

 editions will likely come nearer to the 

 true values of stocks that are generally 

 thought to be scarce. 



The Department of Agriculture has 

 sent out an announcement, which is ap- 

 pearing in many country newspapers, to 

 the effect that the free seeds are now 

 ready for those who apply through their 

 congressman or senator. It is stated 

 that "the country has been divided into 

 six sections with special regard to cli- 

 mate and soils and the seeds are sent only 

 to those localities in which their propa- 

 gation is believed to be possible." 



It is reasonably safe to say that the 

 Department of Agriculture will have a 

 number of early opportunities to test 

 German alfalfa seed without going to 

 the trouble of buying it in the "open 

 market." It is also a fairly safe pre- 

 diction that certain German gentlemen 

 do not look forward with great pleasure 

 to their next trip to this country, while 

 there is a possibility that the first in- 

 quiry as to alfalfa for import will now 

 be as to its purity rather than its price. 



An English investigator wishes to 

 know: "Has anyone ever suggested the 

 use of color in seeds! In flowers we are 

 told that the colors serve as guides to 

 insects; but I do not feel sure that we 

 have got to the bottom of that matter. 

 In the Scarlet Runner the best seeds are 

 beautifully colored, but they are quite 

 concealed till they fall ripe to the ground. 

 There are many seeds beautifully marked, 

 but almost requiring a microscope to 

 see their beauty. I want to know in 

 what way these colors are necessary to 

 the life of the plant." 



NEW SWEET PEA8 



EVELYN BYATT iiS^V^' 



The most gorgeous colored Sweet Pea yet introduced. It mav be termed a self Oorffeona, 

 having a rich orange salmon standard, and falls or wings still a trlQe deeper color, giving a 

 rich, fiery orange or deep sunset color to the whole flower, very striJjing and unique. It has 

 caused quite a sensation wherever shown during the past year. 



PHYLLIS UNWIN 



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A GIANT 

 NOVELTY 



Color a deep rosy carmine self, the same form as GLADYS UNWIN, with the prettily waved 

 and bold standard of that variety, but a little larger, producing 3 to 4 flowers on a stem. It 

 is quite sunproof and perfectly fixed. The stems are long and stout, and it may be described 

 as A OIANT IH EVBBT WAT. 



Each of above novelties, $14.60 per 100 packets; 

 $1.76 per doz. (Retail, 26 cents). 



GLADYS UNWIN 



LAST YEARS' 

 NOVELTY 



This finest of all Pink Sweet Peas we Introdnoed last season. It Is a striking' 



and sterling- improvement, quite fixed and distinct, and a 



great acquisition for Cut Bloom.s. 



OKADTS UHWXV has a very large and bold flower, not hooded, but with a very striking 

 upright crinkled or wavy standard, and broad wings. Color, a pale rosy plsk. A strik- 

 ing feature is that about 75 per cent of the long flower stems are with lour blooms, which 

 Is a most unusual thing in Sweet Peas. It was first raised four years ago, viz.. In 1901, and 

 has kept perfectly true and fixed in character each year since and we have no hesitation 

 In saying it is a bona-fide departure in pinks. For market growers especially it cannot be 

 surpassed, and is just the lovely pink color which is so much in demand. $4.60 per pound. 

 Vegetable and Plower Seed catalogues firee on application in December. 



IWATKINS & SIMPSON, 



SEED MERCHANTS 



12 Tavistock Street, Covent Garden, London, England 



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The California growers now traveling 

 for orders report business fully up to 

 expectations. The slight advance in the 

 prices is no drawback, and their opti- 

 mistic feeling that the crop of 1906 will 

 make everything satisfactory is quite a 

 help. 



The Late T. W. Wood. 



Visited Chicago: — J. B. Agnew, 

 manager of The Pacific Seed Growers' 

 Co., San Francisco, Cal.; Jaa. C. Will- 

 son, representing Wood, Stubbs & Co., 

 Louisville, Ky.; Max Wilhelmi, of F. 

 Barteldes & Co., Lawrence, Kan. 



VALLEY PIPS ARRIVING. 



Valley pips are now coming to hand in 

 quantity, shipments having been a little 

 later than usual. The Pennsylvania, 

 from Hamburg, landed the following 

 consignments at New York last Friday, 

 November 24 : 



S. Acher 69 



Hensel, Bruchmann & Lorbacher 4 



Hempstead & Co 50 



R. F. Lang 67 



MaltuB & Ware 69 



McHutchlson & Co 200 



T. C. Pollock 24 



P. B. Plerson Co 237 



August Rhotert 233 



Rolker & Sons 29 



W. M. Smallwood & Co 10 



W. Toat 65 



Jan Ter Kulle 32 



Weeber & Don 30 



To order 413 



cases 

 cases 

 cases 

 cases 

 cases 

 cases 

 cases 

 cases 

 cases 

 cases 

 cases 

 cases 

 cases 

 cases 

 cases 



Total 1,532 cases 



GREEN AND HOLLY. 



Those best in position to estimate this 

 year's supplies of green say that the 

 crop will be from fifty to sixty per cent 

 of what it was in former years. Green in 

 small lots has been sold at $8 per 100 

 pounds at Chicago this week. It is said 

 to be exceedingly difficult to get the In- 

 dian pickers to go into the Wisconsin 

 woods this fall. Each season it is neces- 

 sary to go farther afield. 



Southern holly will be abundant, but 

 so much cannot be said of its berries. 

 However, many buyers are able to use 

 it combined with the red Christmas ber- 

 ries which have been sold so largely the 

 last few years. Some excellent Delaware 

 holly is offered. Advance quotations at 

 Chicago are about $5 per case. It is 

 said by one of the large shippers that 



