JANUARY 4, 1906. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



447 



Seed Trade News. 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION. 



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

 iiHrfit Vlce-Pres.. L. L. May, St. Paul; Sec'y and 

 'Treks C. B. Kendel, Cleveland. The 24th annual 

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



F. J. EiES, of the W. W. Barnard Co., 

 Chicago, started on his annual seed con- 

 tracting trip January 1. 



A. Watkins, of Watkins & Simpson, 

 seedsmen, London, has been elected presi- 

 dent of the National Sweet Pea Society 

 of Great Britain. 



The advance guard of the army of 



Holland bulb salesmen is due at New 



York this week. They are coming 

 earlier each season. 



J. M. Clark, secretary of the Leonard 

 Seed Co., Chicago, was called east Janu- 

 ary 2 by a wire announcing the critical 

 illness of his father. 



Henry Eckford's business at Wem, 

 Shropshire, England, whence have come 

 many of our best sweet peas, will be 

 carried on by a son, John S. Eekford; 



Wm. Elliott & Sons list Southport 

 White Globe onion seed at $3 per pound 

 in their 1906 catalogue, Wardwell's and 

 Davis beans $2 peck, Gradus peas, $3.50 

 peck. 



E. B. Darlington, of Burpee & Co., 

 sent the Florists' Club of Philadelphia 

 an interesting paper on his recent Cali- 

 fornia trip. It was read at the meeting 

 January 2. 



A PRESS telegram from La Crosse, 

 Wis., says that Henry A. Salzer, who 

 believed he had not been a loser in Ore- 

 gon land certificate forgeries, has re- 

 ceived word from Oregon that all the 

 certificates in which he had invested are 

 worthless. Mr. Salzer paid $18,080 fo> 

 the certificates. 



Burpee's catalogue prices Southport 

 White Globe and Yellow Globe onions 

 at $2.50 per lb., postpaid; Large Red 

 Wethersfield, $1,10 by express in five- 

 lb. lots; Prizetaker, $1.60 per lb. in five- 

 lb. lots. Gradus pea is priced at $2.75 

 peck, $10 bu. ; American Wonder, $1.85 

 peck, $7 bu. Wardwell's and Davis 

 wax beans are $2.25 peck, $8 bu. 



The seed catalogue for 1906, just is- 

 sued by Messrs. Sutton & Sons, Eeading, 

 England, is of special interest because it 

 marks the centenary of the establish- 

 ment of the firm. The business, founded 

 in 1806 by the late John Sutton, grand- 

 father and great-grandfather of the pres- 

 ent partners, not only still remains the 

 exclusive property of members of the 

 same family, but continues under their 

 direct personal superintendence. Such 

 continuity of management and direction 

 by one family is almost unique. 



AILSA CRAIG AND EXCELSIOR. 



E. J. Deal, general manager for "W. 

 W. Johnson & Son, seed growers, Bos- 

 ton, England, writes as follows under 

 date of December 16: 



"I was interested in reading the 

 paragraph in the Seed Trade Depart- 

 ment of the Eeview, referring to Ailsa 

 Craig and Excelsior onions in your issue 

 of November 23. I do not think you 

 are correct in stating that most in the 

 «eed trade concede these two onions to 



ISEW SWEET PEAS^ 



EVELYN BYATT 



A GORGEOUS 

 NOVELTY 



The most gorgeous colored Sweet Pea'yet Introduced. It may be termed a self QoTfireonB, 

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



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 OIAVT IN EVSKT WAT. 



Each of above novelties, $14.60 per 100 packets; 

 $1.75 per dos. (Retail, 86 cents). 



$ Each of above novelties, $14.60 per 100 packets; $ 



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



GLADYS UNWIN !i*ot;^r ^ ' 



This finest of all Fink Sweet Peas we introdnoed last season. It Is a striking' 



and sterling improvement, quite fixed and dintinct, and a 



great acquisition for Cut Blooms. 



OLADYB X7NWIV 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 hesitation 

 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. 94.60 per pound. 

 Vegetable and Flower Seed catalogues f^ee on application. 



WATKINS & SIMPSON, 



SEED MERCHANTS 



^ 12 Tavistock Street, Covent Garden, London, England ^ 



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NEW CROP ELOWER SEEDS 



Verbena — Mammoth, white, pink, blue, scarlet, 



striped. Auricula flowered or mixed, H oz., 25c; 



oz., 75c. 

 Petunia— .Sgl^ large flowered, fringed and stamed, 



California Giants each, trade pkt., iiOc. 



Dbl., large fk)wered, fringed and stained, trade 



pkt., $1.(X). 

 Salvia— Bonfire, trade pkt., 25c: H oz., 70c; oz., *2..'>0. 



Splendens, '4oz.,30c; oz., $1.00. 

 Cyclamen Glganteuin-Separate colors or mixed, 



100 seeds, 60c; 1000 seeds, $5.00. 

 Stocks-Dwarf Snowflake, trade pkt., 2hc; !^>t oz., 



$2.50. I^rge flowered, Ten Weeks', trade pkt., 2.'>c; 



Hot., 70c. , ., , 



BeiEonla— Erfordii, Dwarf Vernon, Vulcan, Zulu 



King, each, trade pkt.. 2.'>c. 

 Mlgrnonette-King of the Dwarfs, trade pkt., 25c; 



Moz., 50c; oz., $1.7!>. 

 Moonflower— White Seeded, oz., ;J5c; 4 oz., $1.25. 

 Bonora- The New Plant Food, lb., 50c; by mail, 



65c; 5 lbs., by express, $2.50. 

 Write for 1906 Wholesale Catalogue. Now ready. 

 W. C. B ECKERT. - ALLEGHENY. PA. 



be identical. I have no doubt that some 

 of the smaller dealers sell one for the 

 other, but the difference between them is 

 certainly as great as many other two 

 varieties which are not considered to be 

 identical. The true Ailsa Craig was 

 first distributed a great many years ago 

 by a firm at Kelsoe, in Scotland, and the 

 next year it was taken up and pushed 

 very extensively by an onion specialist 

 at Banbury. Excelsior came out about 

 the same time, being distributed by 

 Cranstons, of Hereford. In form the 

 Ailsa Craig is not so globular as the 

 Excelsior, and whereas the latter is pure 

 yellow in color, the Ailsa Craig has a 

 slight reddish tinge under the first skin, 

 which frequently shows itself on the 

 outside of the bulb, and on the whole is 

 a darker-colored onion. I shall be very 

 pleased to send a packet of each of these 

 two varieties of the original stocks to 

 any seedsman who would like to make 

 comparisons. ' ' 



XXX SEEDS 



Verbena. Improved mammoths; the very finest 

 grown; mixed, 1000 seeds, 25c. 



Cineraria. Finest largre-flowering dwarf, 1000 

 seeds, 50c. 



Phlox Pnmlla Compacta. Very dwarf and 

 compact: grand for pots; In finest colors, 

 mixed. Trade pkt.. 25c. 



Alyssnm Compactnm. The most dwarf and 

 compjict variety grown; perfect little balls 

 when grown in pots. Trade pkt., 25c. 



Chinese Primrose. Finest large-flowering 

 fringed vaMetles, mixed; single and double, 

 600 seeds, $1.00; half pkt.. 50c. 



Pansy, Finest Giants. The best large-flower- 

 ing varieties, critically selected; mixed, 6000 

 seeds, $1.00; half pkt., 50c. 



Petunia. New star, from the finest marked 

 flowers, extra choice. Trade pkt., 25c. 



Salvia Bonfire. Finest variety grown, lOOO 

 seeds, 40c. 



CASH. Extra count of seeds in all packets. 



JOHN r. RUPP, Shiremanstown, Pa. 



THE HOME OF PRIMROSES. 



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R AWSON'S 



^x Elower Market Stocks 



l"3|()ur own strain, grown especially for 

 *'us. 85 to 90 per cent double flowers: 

 Pure white, % oz.. 76c; 1 oz., $6.00. 

 Other colors, % oz., 60c; 1 oz., $4.00. 

 W. W. RAWSON ft CO., Seedsmen. 

 12 and 18 Fsnenil Hall Square, • BOSTON 

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CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia 

 Farm Annual for 1906, the thirtieth an 

 niversary edition ; John Lewis Childs 

 Floral Park, N. Y., general spring cata 

 logue of seeds, bulbs and plants; W. E 

 Marshall & Co., New York, general cata 

 logue of seeds, plants and garden requi 



