JANDABY 18, 1906. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



563 



Seed Trade News. 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOaATION. 



Pros., W. H. Qrenell. Saginaw, W. S., Mien.; 

 First Vlce-Pres., 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. 



The selection of Toledo for the next 

 seed trade convention seems to give gen- 

 eral satisfaction. 



Bed and 'white onion sets are reported 

 in brisk demand at good prices. Yel- 

 lows are following suit. 



Now that the price of onion seed is 

 settled, the next thing is to satisfy the 

 man who wants to buy it. 



We still think that San Jose, Cal., 

 would have been equal to the occasion if 

 the convention had been given it. 



It looks strange to see a retail cata- 

 logue bearing the name of C. C. Morse 

 & Co. The book is very creditable. 



Visited Chicago: Joe L. UUathorne, 

 of UUathorne Seed Co., Memphis, Tenn.; 

 Max Wilhelmi, of F. Barteldes & Co., 

 Lawrence, Kan. 



It is noticeable in the seed catalogues 

 at hand, that the houses supposedly best 

 able to stand for low prices are among 

 the top-notchers. 



The U. S. Circuit Court for the 

 Southern District of New York has de- 

 termined that fifty-seven pounds is a 

 bushel of onions. 



Weeber & Don, New York, have 

 Southport White Globe onions, $1.75 per 

 lb., in their wholesale list, and $3 per ib. 

 in the retail catalogue. 



W. Atlee Burpee & Co. state in their 

 ^vholesale list published January 8 that 

 more than 30,000 miles were traveled to 

 inspect the seed crops of 1905. 



David Herbert & Son, Atco, N. J., an- 

 nounce that they have purchased the 

 assets of L. K. Peacock, Inc. Mr. Pea- 

 cock will be associated with them, 



Toledo, O.— C. S. Burge, of S. W. 

 Flower & Co., has been delegated to take 

 charge of the arrangements for enter- 

 taining the Seed Trade convention next 

 June. 



H. F. MiCHELL Co. says that treating 

 «weet pea seed with nitro-culture be- 

 fore sowing will produce larger flowers, 

 cause earlier flowering and prolong the 

 season of bloom. 



Peter Hollenbach, Chicago, suggests 

 that a lake trip from Chicago to Toledo 

 via Detroit be recommended for the con- 

 fiideratioil of the western contingent as 

 a part of the transportation program 

 for the 1906 convention. 



The Minnesota experiment station is 

 making an effort to interest farmers in 

 seed selection by means of a prize con- 

 test, for the purpose of increasing the 

 state's average yield of wheat, oats and 

 corn. 



The good prices at which sweet corn 

 is quoted in the current catalogues is 

 gratifying to the growers who, in the 

 face of an apparent overplus of the 

 article, held that final results would show 

 a comparatively short crop. 



NEW SWEET PEAS 



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EVELYN BYATT 



A GORGEOUS 

 NOVELTY 



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

 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 stri^ng 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 OIAVT IN EVBBT WAT. 



Each of above novelties, $14.60 per 100 packets; 

 $1.76 per dox. (Retail, S6 cents). 



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GLADYS UNWIN li^lI^rV"" ' 



This finest of all Fink Sweet Peas we introduced last season. It is a striking* 



and sterliner improvement, qnite fixed and difttinot, and a 



great acanisition for Cut Blooms. 



OlfADYB UVWIir 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 76 per cent of the long flower stems are with four 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. 9^.60 per ponnd. 

 Vegetable and Flcwer Seed catalogues free on application. 



WATKINS & SIMPSON, 



SEED MERCHANTS 



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



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J. J. H. Gregory & Son, Marblehead, 

 Mass., are celebrating their fiftieth an- 

 niversary this year. 



Jos. A. BUDLONG, whose death is re- 

 ported this week, was one of the pioneer 

 onion set growers of Chicago. 



The C, B. & Q. K. R. will send a seed 

 and soil special over its lines in Illinois 

 early in February. It is hoped to repeat 

 last year's successful experience. 



The Southwestern Seed Co., Fayette- 

 ville, Kan., has recently completed a 

 brick warehouse, 25x100, with basement, 

 for handling field seeds and seed pota- 

 toes. 



On another page of this issue will be 

 found an interesting account of a Cali- 

 fornia trip, written by E. B. Darlington, 

 of Burpee & Co., and read before the 

 Florists' Club of Philadelphia. 



The Maryland Agricultural College has 

 been following the lead of the U. S. De- 

 partment of Agriculture in testing sam- 

 ples of grass seed and has recently pub- 

 lished its findings in pamphlet form. In 

 all 127 samples are reported on, mostly 

 bought in one-pound lots from the small 

 seed dealers throughout the state. The 

 table shows kind of seed, name and ad- 

 dress of seller, price, percentage of pure 



I New Crop Flower Seeds 



Now Ready for Delivery. 



Asparagrus Plumosus Nanus, grreen- 

 house grown seed, strictly fresh— 



Per lOO seeds $0.60 



Per 1,000 seeds 5.00 



Asparaens Sprengeri, per 100 seeds. .15 



Perl.OOO seeds 75 



Tr. pkt. Oz. 



AlysBum Little Gem $0.10 10.36 



Aster Queen of Market, dark 



and light blue, pink, scarlet, 



white and mixed, each 20 .60 



Calendula Grandiflora 10 .15 



Candytuft Empress 10 .25 



Impatiens Sultani 30 



Lobelia Crystal Palace Com- 



pacta 30 1.50 



I^obelia Crystal Palace Spe- 



ciosa 20 .60 



Maurandia Barclayana 20 1.25 



Maarandia, Mixed 20 1.25 



Moon Flower 15 .50 



Petunia Grandiflora, Fringed . .50 

 Petunia, Dwarf Inimitable, — 50 

 Phlox Dmmniondli, Dwarf 



Mixed 40 1.75 



Salvia Bonfire (Clara Bedman).. 40 2.50 



Salvia Splendens 25 1.25 



Smilax, per >4 lb., 80c 10 .25 



Thnnbergia, Mixed 15 .50 



Verbena, Mammoth Fancy 



Strain, olue, pink, scarlet, 



striped, white and mixed, each. 30 1.50 



Send for Wholesale Catalogrue and 

 "Handy Order Sheet" Now Ready. 



I HENRY F. MICHELL CO. 



Flower Seed Specialists 

 1018 Market St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



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seed, percentage of inert matter, per- 

 centage of weed seeds and adulterants, 

 number of weed seeds per pound, ger- 

 mination and actual cost of pure seeds 

 that will grow. There is a great varia- 

 tion under all the headings and the bul- 



