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May 31, 1906. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



103 



SEED TRADE PROGRAM. 



Secretary C. E. Kendel has mailed to 

 members the program for the twenty- 

 fourth annual convention of the Ameri- 

 can Seed Trade Association at Toledo, 

 June 26 to 28. The Boody house, rates 

 $3 to $5 per day, American plan, has 

 been designated as headquarters, and the 

 sessions will be held in the hotel par- 

 lors. C. S. Burge is chairman of the 

 committee on entertainment and a cor- 

 dial reception is assured. Toledo is 

 easily accessible and all conditions favor 

 a good attendance. 



The essays announced are as follows: 

 "The Seed Catalogue from the Cus- 

 tomer's Standpoint," by Floyd Brallier; 

 ' ' Varietal Description of Garden Vege- 

 tables," by Prof. W. W. Tracy; "Early 

 History of the Seed Business," by Bur- 

 net Landreth; "Desirable Imported 

 Natural Grasses," by Henry Nunges- 

 ser ; • " Seedsmen and Civic Improve- 

 ment, " by J. Horace McFarland; "Co- 

 operative Publicity through the Press 

 Department, National Council of Horti- 

 culture, ' ' by James Burdette ; ' ' Modern 

 Ketail Conditions," by Finley Acker. 



CONDEMN FREE SEED GRAFT. 



Washington, D. C, May 28. — Mem- 

 bers of the house of representatives who 

 accepted the statements of Representa- 

 tive Gaines of Tennessee and others that 

 the farmers of the country demand free 

 seeds from the government are likely to 

 learn to their cost that intelligent farm- 

 ers repudiate their generosity and are in- 

 clined to look the gift horse in the mouth. 



Practically every agricultural periodi- 

 cal which has appeared since the house 

 decided for free seeds has denounced its 

 action. The executive committee of the 

 National Agricultural Press League has 

 adopted resolutions condemning the seed 

 distribution practice and maintaining 

 that it is not approved by self-respect- 

 ing farmers. The committee, which met 

 in St. Louis May 12, directed that its 

 resolutions be sent to every senator and 

 representative and to all agricultural 

 papers. 



The resolutions declare "there is no 

 more to be said in favor of government 

 seed distribution, as at present con- 

 ducted, than there would be in favor of 

 a regular distribution to farmers or any 

 other class of citizens of free beef, free 

 sugar, or free flour." 



The senate committee on agriculture 

 is being deluged with letters and tele- 

 grams from the agricultural press, seed 

 trade and farmers' organizations urging 

 it to try to stop the waste of public 

 money. Action on the appropriation bill 

 can not long be delayed as congress is 

 due to adjourn by June 15. 



EUROPEAN SEED NOTES. 



The German, French and English seed 

 reports are many and varied as to the 

 bad trade and low prices of some sorts 

 of vegetable seeds, and now the season's 

 business comes to be reviewed, it is 

 found trade on many lines is somewhat 

 worse than usual, and some lines of veg- 

 etables are tumbling in price. Through- 

 out the whole season business in peas and 

 beans has been very slow, especially in 

 Germany, and at the present time much 

 money is being lost by holders of stocks. 

 Many complaints also are being heard 

 as to the Ioav germination of all sorts of 

 seeds. This is no doubt partly due to 

 the exceptionally unfavorable weather 



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May be obtained from tbe 

 principal nurserymen, seed- 

 men and floriBts, or direct from 



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 Bulb Growers to buy an interest in Pioneer American 

 Bulb Farm. 9U acres of new land, 3 acres in bulbs, 14 

 years' experience, half a million on hand, climate, soil, 

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 must be hustlers and come well recommended. The 

 opportunity of a lifetime. Address, 



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 Reference, Chamber of Commerce, Belling:ham, Wash. 



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Danish Seed 



CAULiriiOWBR Snowball and Haase's 

 Extra Barly Erforter Dwarf. 



0A.MBAOU, Wblte Amager (Stonehead). 

 Write direct to tbe gro-wer. 



CHRIS. OLSEN, ofow1,r Odense, Denmark 



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VAN DER WEIJDEN & CO., Boskoop, HoUand 



Large cultures of Ehododendron, Azalea, 

 Boxwood, bushgrown and pyramids, extra, from 

 12-lnch to 6 feet high. Blue Spruce (Koster). 



Peonies-Duchesse de Nemours, 4000 trees, true. 



Forcing Stock— Lilacs, pot-grown, etc.; H. P. 

 Roses, Tree Baby Rambler, etc. Everything 

 first-class only. Write lis now for catalogue 

 prices. Our New York address Is care MALTUS 

 & WARE. 14 Stone St.. New York City. No 

 agents. Moderate Prices. For wholesale trade only 

 Mention The Review when you write. 



during ripening and harvesting time of 

 1905, also due in a measure to the gen- 

 erally early sowing and bad conditions 

 during the present spring, causing much 

 otherwise good seed to perish. 



Crop reports from practically all over 

 Europe for the coming season speak of 

 them as only looking moderately well 

 and personally I think by harvest time 

 this may be somewhat further discounted. 

 It is now well confirmed that English 

 crops may be considered bad. 



Sugar beet, both in France and in Ger- 

 many, is reported as having been badly 

 frosted. 



One of the surprises of the season is 

 the exceptionally high prices of seeds- 

 men 's samples of tulips. Buyers are be- 

 ing asked 40 shillings for Scarlet Due, 

 48 shillings for Murillo, 26 shillings for 

 Yellow Prince and so on. Certainly last 

 autumn the seed shops cleared out their 

 bulbs exceptionally well, and coupled 

 with this and the somewhat pessimistic 

 crop reports from Holland, many buyers 

 are giving their full orders at above 

 figures, 



I have received a letter from Naples 

 reporting heavy losses in crops in con- 



T 



he Royal Tottenham 

 Nurseries Ltd.^^MR** 



Managing Director, A. M. C. VAN DER CLST. 



Dedemsvaart, Holland 



Headquarters for Hardy Perennials, amons 

 which are the latest and choicest. 13 acres de- 

 voted for growing this line, including Anemone, 

 Aster, Campanula, Delphinium, Funkias, Hem- 

 erocallis. Hepatica, Incarvillea, Iris, Peonies, 

 Phlox decuRsata and sulTniticoBa, Primula, 

 Pyrethrum, Tritoma. Hardy Heath, Hardy Ferns 

 Also 6 acres of DafTodils, 12 acres of Conifers, 

 specially young choice varieties to be grown on; 

 8 acres Rhododendrons, including tbe best Amer- 

 ican and Alpine varieties; 2 acres Hydrangeas. 

 We make it a point to«grow all the latest novel- 

 ties in these lines. Ask for catalog. 



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Plcea Pungens Olauca (Koster), transplanted '06 



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Azaleas, Rhododendrons, Lilacs 



Etc., from Belgium and HoUand. 



FRUIT AND MANEHI STOCKS 

 Flowering and Ornamental Shrubs 



From Bngland and France. 



LILY OF THE VALLEY PIPS 



Of the very finest strains from Germany. 



JAPAN and DUTCH BULBS 



Received direct. 

 Please apply for catalogues, etc., to 



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Bulbs! Bulbs! 



Please ask for 

 Wholesale Trade List 



K. VELTHUYS 



Hillegom, Holland 



Bulbs! Bulbs! 



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Maoetti Stocks 



One million fine, one-year, English-grown. 

 Also a large stock of Roses, all leading kinds, 

 per 1000 strong plants. Quantities shipped an- 

 nually to leading American firms. Rfference: 

 Bassett & Washburn, Chicago. 



W. C. SLOCOCK. Woking, Surrey. England. 



LABOS8T 8TOCX OF AI.Ii 



BELGIAN PLANTS! 



Asaleas, Araucariaa, Sweet Baya, 

 Palms, Begonias, Oloxiniaa, etc. 



LOUIS VAN HOUTTE PERE 



GHENT, Bel«riain. 



