32 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



May 24, 1900. 



Seed Trade News. 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOOATION. 



_, Pro?- W- H. Qrenell. Saginaw W. S., Mich.; 

 ■w»t Vlce-Pres., L,. L. May, St. Paul; Sec'y and 

 Tre»8., 0. E. Kendel, Cleveland. The 24th annua 

 ■eetlnr wlU beheld at Toledo, O., June 26-28, 1906 



Savoy leaf spinach is reported scarce. 



^EED corn, both sweet and field, seems 

 to be in oversupply. 



The onion set fields in all localities 

 are suffering from lack of rain. 



Visited Chicago: — Geo. C. Thomson, 

 Boston; S. Y. Haines, Minneapolis. 



The San Francisco seedsmen rapidly 

 are getting in shape for business. 



Radish for seed crops in the Michigan 

 district is being planted and conditions 

 are favorable. The usual acreage will be 

 seeded. 



Eeports from Canada state that the 

 spring has been backward and the pea 

 crops are far behind, with the outlook 

 for a good stand not encouraging. 



Geo. C. Thomson, formerly with E. & 

 J. Farquhar & Co., Boston, evidently de- 

 cided that Philadelphia would be too 

 strenuous a town for him; he did not as- 

 sume the management of H. F. Michell's, 

 as contemplated. 



In considering the protest of T. W. 

 Wood & Sons against the assessment of 

 duty at Richmond, Va., the board of gen- 

 eral appraisers followed the ruling re- 

 lating to vetch seed published in full in 

 the Review of May 3. 



The Chas. H. Lilly Co., Seattle, whose 

 San Francisco branch was destroyed, has 

 established temporary headquarters at 

 Oakland, with stock from the stores at 

 Portland and Seattle. They lost every- 

 thing at San Francisco. 



From Wisconsin come very favorable 

 reports as to conditions in the pea fields. 

 The majority of the farmers have a good 

 stand and the early start that was ob- 

 tained in many of the fields augurs well 

 for the future good of these crops. 



The vine seed and corn growers of 

 the west are making strong efforts to get 

 closed upon the coming year's contracts 

 to supply the trade. Reports from the 

 seat of war are that they are all in the 

 best possible shape to take care of the 

 business. 



Dry weather is causing considerable 

 complaint from the planters. The seeds- 

 man has to reply to those who complain 

 in a statesmanlike manner. It is 

 thought by many that the seedsman is as 

 good a diplomat as the diplomats are 

 seedsmen. 



The country merchants who handle 

 seeds are feeling better than they did a 

 month ago. The travelers report that 

 now it is easier to get them interested in 

 a supply of seeds for the coming year's 

 trade. Spring trade was slow in opening 

 with them and it looked as though a 

 considerable quantity of tlie standard 

 varieties of seeds would be carried over 

 by them. The fact that this class of 

 seed buyers are now in the optimistic 

 class is a big help to the trade. 



PACIFIC SBED GROWERS' CO, 



411-415 SANSOM£ STRCBT 



SAN FRANCISCO, CAI«. 



Specialties t 



O nion, Carrot, Letttice, Svreet Peas 



Mention The Rerlew when yon write. 



LEONARD SEED growers 



Largfest erowers of Peas, Beans and 

 Garden Seed in the Central West. 



Leading SEED 

 Onion Set _. _„,_„ ,-». ,,^ 

 Growers ■'|g^D^s« CO. CHICAGO 



Write for Prices. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



Burpee's Seeds Grow | 



Mention The BcTlew when yoa write. 



in Bulk 

 and Packages 



LAWN GRASS SEED 



Dickinsons, Evergreen, and Pine Tree Brandt 

 SPECIAL MIXTURES SEED FOR GOLF GROUNDS 



THE ALBERT DICKINSON CO. 



MINNEAPOLIS 



CHICAiG6 



Mention Tbo Rerlew when joa write, 



Waldo Rohnert 



GILROT, CAL. 



Wholesale Seed Grower 



Specialties: Lettuce, Onion, Sweet Peai, Aster, 

 Cosmos, Mignonette, Verbena in variety. Cor- 

 respondence solicited. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



T. W. WOOD & SONS, Richmonil, Va. 



Are Headquarters For 

 COW PEAS, SOJA BEANS, TEOSINTE, 

 BERMUDA GRASS, PEARL MILLET 

 AND ALL SOUTHERN SEEDS 



-Write tor prlces.- 



Mentlon The Review when you write. 



The Steele-Briggs Seed Co., Toronto, 

 is pushing in Canada the longiflorum 

 bulbs grown in the Azore Islands. 



Discussing the free distribution of 

 seeds, an outsider wants to know where 

 the government gets the seeds that it 

 gives away. 



It is generally understood that the 

 vine seed growers at Waterloo, Neb., and 

 vicinity are carrying over much larger 

 stocks of cucumber and squash seeds 

 than at any time during the past ten 

 years. 



C. L. Allex, Floral I»ark, X. Y., is 

 visiting at Ues Moines, la. On May 17 

 he delivered an address before the Y. 

 M. ('. A. at Keokuk and he is billed for 

 a lecture at tl'.e agricultural college at 

 Ames. 



We consider the Review the best pub- 

 lication in its line. — W. T. Stephens & 

 Co., Brookfield, Mo. 



EUROPEAN AGENCY 



British agent for continental house Is open to 

 act as agent In Europe for any good American 

 seed exporting Arm desirous of doing basinesa 

 with Europe, especially In seed peas and other 

 vegetable seeds; also as agent for a California 

 seed exporting firm, especially sweet peas. Can 

 supply best of references. Firms desiring an 

 agent in London and Europe kindly communicate 

 with No. 130, care Florists' Review, Chicago. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



C. 0. MORSE & CO. 



On account of fire which destroyed 

 our store at San Francisco, bead- 

 quarters are removed to old address 

 at SANTA CLARA. CAL. 



Careful STOwers of California speclalttoe 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



Braslan Seed 

 Growers Co. 



3700 

 Acres 

 of Gar- 

 den Seeds 

 in Cultiva- 

 tion. 



WHOLESALE SEED GROWERS 



SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA 



EMERSON SEEKS RELEASE. 



Frank T. Emerson, of Fremont, Neb., 

 has applied for discharge in bankruptcy 

 in the U. S. District Court at Omaha, 

 Neb. The amount of liabilities sched- 

 uled approximates $140,000. Mr. Emer- 

 son has been compelled to take these 

 proceedings owing to the judgments ob- 

 tained against him as a partner of Phil 

 Stimmel, who failed in busimsss in Janu- 

 ary, 1893. 



Mr. Stimmel at that time conducted a 

 general line seed business individually 

 and in connection witii same a seed- 

 growing business in which specialty Mr. 



