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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



Febbuaby 22, 1906. 



Seed Trade News. 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION. 



Pres., W. H. Grenell, Sag^lnaw, W. S., Mien.; 

 First Vice- Pres., L. L. May, Si. Paul; Sec'y and 

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

 meeting will be held at Toledo, G., June 26-28, 1906. 



Montgomery Ward & Co., Chicago, 

 have put in a Brown packeting ma- 

 chine. 



W. W. Barnard, Chicago, returned to 

 business on February 19, for the first 

 titoe after a month's siege with pneu- 

 monia. 



The demand is ".nusually large for 

 what are termed special stocks of onion, 

 cabbage, cauliflower, and other mp.rket 

 gardeners ' seeds. 



The Chicago Eose Co., 56 Wabash 

 avenue, Chicago, will put in a full retail 

 stock of vegetable and flower seeds, 

 roses, shrubs, etc. 



It is reported that some of the onion 

 set dealers who have been talking low 

 prices and an abundant stock are unable 

 to fill their orders. 



Most of the pea growers report I'lat 

 arrangements for the coming year's 

 plantings are well under way. The acre- 

 age is likely to be smaller than last 

 year. 



The Minnesota Seed Co., successor to 

 Fred Meier, of Sleepy Eye, has removed 

 to New olm, Minn., and erected a ware- 

 house for field seeds. Mr. Meier contin- 

 ues with the company as secretary. 



The onion set growers are r«?povted 

 to be going slow for the coming ye?r. 

 Louisville reports a short supply of 

 home grown seed, and seed from outside 

 does not appeal stroagly ,«> the growers 

 there. 



Seedsmen who handle lily of the valley 

 pips, especially those who share in the 

 constantly increasing demand for re- 

 tarded stock, will be interested in the 

 letter of E. JSeubert, of Wandsb.'k, Ger- 

 many, which appears on another i)age 

 of this issue. 



The Templin Co., Caila, O., has issued 

 an edition of 150,000 catalogues devot- 

 ed exclusively to collections. There are 

 thirty-two pages, each page carrying an 

 oflFer of one collection, the whole em- 

 bracing a wide range of choice. The 

 cover is a lithograph, a sweet pea col- 

 lection on the front, a pansy collection 

 on the back. 



One of the press associations dealing 

 in "patent insides" is supplying its cus- 

 tomers with a four-column illustrated 

 article on "American Seed Growing" 

 which gives color to the belief that wide 

 and valuable publicity may be gained 

 for horticulture through the press bu- 

 reau of the Nationiil Council of Horti- 

 culture. An interesting feature of the 

 article, which evidently had its source 

 in the Department oi Agriculture at 

 Washington, is that emphasis is laid on 

 the fact that the free seed distribution 

 is *'no scheme of the secretary's but 

 purely a congressional affair ' ' which 

 "should be stopped and the work of 

 supplying the ordinary farm and garden 

 seeds, the results of which are known to 

 everybody, left to the regular seeds- 

 luen. ' ' 



Any One Who Sells Seeds 



Is invited to consider the MERITS and PBOFXTB of 



LANDRETH'S SEEDS 



121 years they have been before the PUBXiIO and acknowledKed as the Stand- 

 ard ot Bxoellenoe. A large portion are the product of the celebrated 



BLOOMSDALE FARMS 



Drop a postal card for Wholesale Catalogue. 



D. LANDRETH SEED COMPANY, Bristol, Pa. 



Establishment Founded 1784. Incorporated 1904. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



LEONARD SEED growers 



Largest growers of Peas, Beans and 

 Garaen Seed in the Ceiatral West. 



Leading 

 ^"^Jalj' '^S^ CO. 



Write for Prices. 



CHICAGO 



Mention Th<» Review when yon write. 



in Bulk 

 and Packages 



LAWN GRASS SEED 



Dickinsons, Evergreen, and Pine Tree Brands 

 SPECIAL MIXTURES SEED FOR GOLF GROUNDS 



THE ALBERT DICKINSON CO. 



MINNEAPOLIS 



CHICAGO 



Mention The Review when you write. 



SEED GROWERS 



Field, Sweet and Pop Oom, Caoun- 

 ber. Melon and Sqnasli Seed. Write 

 us before placing contracts. We have 

 superior stock Seed and can furnish you 

 good Seed at reasonable prices. Address 



A. *. BERRY SEED COMPANY, Claiinila, la. 



Waldo Rohnert 



GILROY, CAIi. 



Wholesale Seed Grower 



Specialties: Lettuce, Onion, Sweet Peas, Aster, 

 Cosmos, Mignonette. Verbena in variety. Cor- 

 respondence solicited. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



3700 

 Acres 

 efGer 



Braslan Seed 

 Growers Co. £^* 



WKOLB8A&B SBXB OBOWBXS 



SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA 



It remains a secret whether sweet 

 corn is long or short. Surpluses were 

 mentioned but nobody has the aj^ros. 



Figures as to this country's agricul- 

 tural exports during January are in sev- 

 eral ways remarkable. The total value 

 of all such shipments in the seven Aionths 

 since the country's fiscal year began on 

 July 1, surpasses by more than $25,000,- 

 000 every precedent. January itself 

 breaks the record for that month, the 

 nearest parallel, Janury, 1901, coming 

 only within $11,000,000 of last month's 

 figures. 



S.D.WoodruffftSons 



8PECIAL.TIX8t 



Garden Seeds In Variety. 



Maine seed potatoes, onion sets, eto. 

 Correspondence solicited. 



Main Office and Seed Farms, OBANGE, CONN. 



New York City Store. 38-84 Dey Street. 

 Mention The Review when you write. 



C. C. MORSE ft CO. 



Seed Growers 



815-817 Sansome Street, 



SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. 



Oareftil growers of California speoialtiea. 



Mention The Review when you wrlt^. 



To the Wholesale Seed Trade: 



Write us for growing prices in car-lots on 



Field, Sweet and Pop Cora 



Healy Bros , Belle Center, 0. 



Mention The Reylew when you wTlte. 



Mild temperatures and excessive rain- 

 fall have been the rule in European 

 countries this winter, working more or 

 less injury to crops. It was in Holland 

 again necessary to uncover bulbs unsea- 

 sonably early. 



A FIRM of importers endeavored to se- 

 cure free entry for a consignment of 

 caladium bulbs from China as "bulbs 

 and bulbous roots not edible and not 

 otherwise provided for," but the Boston 

 collector assessed duty on "vegetables in 

 their natural state." Caladiums of 



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