Deckmbek 28, 1905. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



389 



Seed Trade News. 



AMERIC<iN SEED TRADE ASSOaATION. 



Pres., W. H. Qrenell, Sag-inaw, W. S., Mien.; 

 First Vlce-Prea., L. L. May, St. Paul; Sec'y and 

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

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



Davis wax beans and Wardwell's are 

 already selling at $8 per bushel at whole- 

 sale. 



Reports from Louisville show a 

 marked stiffening of the onion set 

 market. 



Some of the seedsmen report that they 

 are still working on the onion and bean 

 pages of their catalogues. 



Visited Chicatso: Mel L. Webster, 

 Independence, la.; J. R. Watts, Jr., 

 Louisville, Ky.; Chas. P. Braslan, San 

 Jose, Cal.; R, H. Shumway, Rockford, 

 111. 



It is reported that a Chicago market 

 gardener received a full delivery on 

 onion seed from his California grower 

 and is selling the surplus to his neigh- 

 bors. 



It seems to be the opinion of the 

 majority of the seed trade members that 

 it will be worth the additional cost, aa 

 well as the additional time required, to 

 make California the meeting place of 

 next year's convention. 



Although the general outlook is 

 good, 1906 is likely to be another year 

 when specialties will be the seedsman *s 

 main source of profit. The standard 

 stocks, from all reliable information, 

 will be kept low by the keen competition 

 all along the line. 



One of the 1906 novelties of P. 

 Eoemer, Quedlinburg, Germany, is a 

 giant pansy named Mauve Queen. Each 

 of the three lower petals is marked with 

 a large blotch of distinct carmine color, 

 with a hue of delicate lilac. This gives 

 the flower a most distinct appearance. 

 Mauve Queen is the first strain in pan- 

 sies possessing such remarkable blotches 

 of red. 



Secretary Kendel, of the American 

 Seed Trade Association, in a circular 

 letter to members asks for a vote on the 

 advisability of taking the next conven- 

 tion to California. He desires a reply 

 from each to reach him by January 5, 

 the date at which the executive com- 

 raittee meets. His letter gives concise 

 information as to cost and other data 

 which will assist the members in voting 

 intelligently on the California proposi- 

 tion. 



ONE WAY. 



A few weeks ago the Review called 

 attention to an advertisement, then ap- 

 pearing in publications circulating among 

 newspaper publishers, in which the St. 

 Louis Seed Co. stated that it wanted to 

 hear from every publication in the United 

 States which is in a position to sell 

 seeds for its advertisers. Publishers who 

 answered the advertisement, and some 

 who didn 't, are now receiving the follow- 

 ing letter from the St. Louis Seed Co.: 



' ' Relative to your valued favor calling 

 attention to your publication as a busi- 

 ness * getter ' beg to* advise that we are 

 open to conviction; however, you will 

 readily realize there are so many claims 

 made for each paper that reaches us it 



I NEW SWEET PEAS 



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EVELYN BYATT {io%°El?5°"" 



The most eorgeous Colored Sweet Pea yet introduced. It may be termed a self Oorfifeous, 

 bavins: a rich orange salmon standard, and falls or wings still a trifle deeper color, givinR a 

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

 caused quite a sensation wherever shown during the past year. 



PHYLLIS UNWIN 



A GIANT 

 NOVELTY 



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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 OIAHT IN EVBBT WAT. 



Each of above novelties, $14.60 per 100 packets; 

 $1.76 per dos. (Retail, 86 cents). 



GLADYS UNWIN 



LAST YEARS' 

 NOVELTY 



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Thi« finest of all Pink Sweet Peas we Introduced last season. It Is a strlkiner 



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



great acciuisitlon for Cut Blooms. 



OKADYS UBTWIBr 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 pink. A strik- 

 ing feature is that about 75 per cent of the long flower stems are with tour 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 bealtation 

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

 surpassed, and is just the lovely pink color which is so much in demand. 9^.60 per ponnd. 

 Vegetable and Flower Seed catalogues free on application in December. 



WATKINS &, SIMPSON 



SEED MERCHANTS 



12 Tavistock Street, Covent Garden, London, England 



■■■■0 ■■■■■■• ■■■■iHB ■^■^■iHB iBHSHBB 

 Mention The Eevlew when yoa write. 



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is difficult to choose the 'good from the 

 bad.' 



"In view of this fact we have made 

 up a number of electros (proof enclosed) 

 which we are sending to papers, who are 

 willing to 'donate' one insertion of the 

 same in order to 'show us,' as you know 

 we are from Missouri — but assure you 

 that if your paper will bring the returns 

 to justify us from the free insertion you 

 will at once be added to our advertising 

 list. 



' ' We enclose you stamped envelope for 

 reply. Kindly advise us if we shall for- 

 ward electro." 



The advertisement, of which proof is 

 enclosed, is ninety agate lines, and of- 

 fers free packets of seeds of "the 

 world's largest tomatoes" to all who 

 write for them. 



HOLLAND BULB NOTES. 



All is quiet now since the rush of 

 planting operations is over and prac- 

 tically all the fields are in their winter 

 dress. The very wet weather interfered 

 very seriously with all outside work and 

 as this was followed up by a week of 

 keen frost, it made growers feel far 

 from comfortable, as many are still 

 feeling the results of the early winter 

 in 1903. However, as the trade this 

 season has been a most profitable and 

 satisfactory one for the growers, no 

 matter how disastrous it has been to 

 some of the exporters that sell the goods 

 early at low prices without any goods 

 of their own to fall back upon, there 

 is no reason to grumble. This season 

 has been a most interesting one in a 

 financial way for that particular class 



of people, and it has given them a lesson 

 that they are not likely to forget soon. 

 It is an easy matter to sell goods at 

 low prices, but when it comes to sup- 

 plying them and the grower is not found 

 willing to submit to the prices offered 

 for the goods, the matter takes quite 

 a different aspect and it would certainly 

 be to the interest of the trade and all 

 concerned if this reckless speculation, 

 upon the surplus stock of the grower, 

 could be stopped, says a Hollander writ- 

 ing in the Horticultural Trade Journal. 



GERMAN SEED CROPS. 



Our hopes for a normal dry autumn 

 in the Erfurt district were unfortunately 

 not fulfilled, the weather being unusual- 

 ly rainy and misty. Fortunately the 

 fine summer had already assured the 

 success of most of the crops. I can only 

 confirm my last report as to the results 

 of the majority of the vegetable seed 

 crops, and the growers' catalogues, now 

 mostly in the hands of the trade, can 

 speak for themselves. Dwarf beans, 

 which were uncertain a few weeks back, 

 have turned out a good crop, in fact, 

 the best for some years past, and run- 

 ners have also mostly done well, so that 

 prices are somewhat on the down grade. 

 Carrots and beets are in a few cases 

 lighter than expected, and a few lettuces, 

 owing to ravages of worms, came in 

 under estimate, but no seri6us shortage 

 has occurred. Onions and leeks have 

 fully maintained the high prices asked 

 for them at the opening of the season, 

 and have in fact gone up in some in- 

 stances. 



The worst effects of the damp autumn 



