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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



April 26, 1006. 



SYMPATHY FROM LONDON. 



August Eolker & Sons, New York, are 

 in receipt of the following cable from 

 Watkins & Simpson, the well-known Lon- 

 don seedsmen: 



wish to express our deepest sympathy In ap- 

 palling catastrophe to your countrymen. 



Eolker & Sons write that "on behalf 

 of their many American friends we 

 acknowledged this spontaneous expres- 

 sion of sympathy with a few words of 

 grateful thanks." 



NOW COMES THE TEST. 



Chairman Wadsworth, of the House 

 Committee on Agriculture, on Monday 

 reported the agricultural appropriation 

 bill for passage. In explanation of the 

 elimination of the congressional seed 

 distribution the report says : ' ' The item 

 covering the congressional free distribu- 

 tion of vegetable and flower seed has been 

 omitted from the bill. There is not, and 

 never has been, any warrant of law for 

 this expenditure, and the item simply 

 has been tolerated in appropriation 

 bills." 



Now comes the test of strength. It is 

 expected that before final action an 

 amendment will be offered reinserting 

 the provision for the seed distribation. 

 It is hoped that enough sentiment has 

 been created to defeat this. 



The Department has let a number of 

 contracts to seed growers for 1906 crops 

 subject to the making of the usual ap- 

 propriation, 



THE SEEDSMEN OF FRISCO. 



The disaster that has come upon San 

 Francisco is so great that the fate of 

 the comparatively few seed houses it 

 numbered is of little consequence as com- 

 pared to the extent of the general calam- 

 ity, and yet, like the mother who is most 

 anxious about her one boy out of the 

 many thousands that may lie on a battle 

 field, self-interest prompts a desire for 

 particulars. 



The principal seed stores of San Fran- 

 cisco are situated outside of the zone 

 where the earthquake did most damage, 

 but in the district devastated by the fire 

 which was the principal cause of damage 

 to property. 



The Cox Seed Co. occupied a four-story 

 corner building on Sansome street about 

 a quarter of a mile nearer Market street 

 than were C. C. Morse & Co., who re- 

 cently acquired the business of E. J. 

 Bowen, whose quarters for years had 

 been on Sansome street. "Within a block 

 or two of Cox Seed Co., also on Sansome 

 street, were Trumbull & Beebe, who had 

 also been in that same location for some 

 years. A new concern, the Pacific Seed 

 Growers Co., of which T. A. Cox is pres- 

 ident and J. B. Agnew manager, has 

 also headquarters at the Cox address on 

 Sansome street. The firm known former- 

 ly as Levin, Vincent & Co. is now styled 

 Vincent, Levin & Co. and is owned by a 

 restaurant man named I. Cuenin and is 

 conducted by the old management under 

 his direction. This seed house was near 

 Sansome street and in the burned dis- 

 trict. 



C. H. Lilly Co., of Seattle, successors 

 to Lilly, Bogardus & Co., had a branch 

 store at 305 Market street, where they 

 carried not only seeds, but a large stock 

 of poultry supplies. The ferry build- 

 ing escaped and some surrounding struc- 

 tures; it is hoped good fortune may 

 have extended the three blocks to Lilly 's. 



riFTY CASES or ORCHIDS 



(FROM MT OWN COLLKCTOR) 



Cattleya Trianae -o" 

 Cattleya Schroederae 



Two of tbe best sellinB Orchids tor out flowers in tbe 'world. 

 Write for price by the piece or by $he case. 



Arthur T. Boddington zi^^^t. New York 



Mention Tbe Kevlew when you write. 



ItrMtbM inti 



• • • PRIZE • • . 



PRIMULA SEEDS 



Sow early, will make splendid plants in 

 bloom, for early fall salea. 



i4 Tr. Tr. 



Primula Sinensis— pkt. pkt. 



Pure white $0.60 11.00 



BrilUantRed 60 1.00 



HolbomBlue 60 1.00 



Crimson 60 1.00 



Pink or Rosea .60 1.00 



Mlchell's European Mixture— 

 This is a splendid mixture 

 of the finest separate col- 

 ors 80 1.00 



Prlmnla obconiea— 



Bed 40 



Rosea or Pink 30 



Pure White 30 



Hybrids, mixed colors 30 



Fimbriata, mixed, choice coloi-s .60 



For complete list of seasonable SEEDS 

 and SUPPLIES see our Wholesale List- 

 Mailed Free to all Florists. 



HENRY F. MIC BELL CO., 



sieTiliilu '^ Marktt St. Phiia^tlpiiia, Ps. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



RALPH M. WARD & GO. 



Exporters and Importers 

 12 West Broadway* New York 



Bulbs, Plants 



VUIEY OUR SPECIALTY •'at55S,'!S*h'2fd' 



Mention The ReTlew when yon write. 



These were the principal seed stores of 

 San Francisco and were all close togeth- 

 er. The7 differ in many respects but all 

 did a general seed business. 



The Cox Seed Co. combined all the 

 branches. They retailed, wholesaled, grew 

 and jobbed. They carried nursery stock 

 and bulbs, did a fancy trade and drew 

 many market gardeners, issued a cata- 

 logue and catered to out-of-town custom- 

 ers as mail order seedsmen. 



C. C. Morse & Co. last January issued 

 their first catalogue for mail orders. They 

 are well known growers of California 

 seed products, are continuing the busi- 

 ness established by E. J. Bowen, who in- 

 cluded boxes and packages in his distri- 

 bution of seeds to the stores along the 

 Pacific coast. They also do a general re- 

 tail trade locally and are jobbers, con- 

 fining this part of their efforts to the 

 Pacific coast and territory contiguous 

 thereto. A wire has come that since the 

 destruction of their San Francisco store 

 they have returned to the old headquar- 

 ters at Santa Clara and are still doing 

 business. 



Trumbull & Beebe were seedsmen, nur- 

 sery men and florists, confining their ef- 

 forts more particularly to the retail 



XXX SEEDS 



Cineraria. Large-flowerinir dwarf, 1000 seeds, 

 50c. 



Chinese Prlmroae. Finest large-flowerinr 



fringed varieties, mixed; singrle and double, 



MO seeds, tl.OO; half pkt.. 50c. 

 Pansy, Finest Olants. The best largre-flower- 



tiyg varieties, critically selected; mixed, 6000 



seeds, tl.OO; half pkt., 50c. 



JOHN r. RUPP, Shirefflanstowa, Pa. 



THB HOMB OF PBIMBOSBS. 



Mention The Review whgn yon write. 



I Need Begonia Bolbs 



Well, if so. you must order at once as they 

 are mostly all sold. Only Slna^es left- 

 five separate colofB, $2.75; mixed, $2.50. 



N. Le PAGE, Mt. \i|noo, N. Y. 



Agent for Hubert jMo..U^ 

 Mention The Review when yo^^Pte. 



LILY or THE VALLEY 



Finest Cold Btoraaw Pipe 

 $14.00 pwr 1000 $1.75 per 100 



Beat Cat Valley oonatantljr on hmnd 



H. N. BRUNS 



1409*1411 W. HADI80N STBBKT, CHICAGO 



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MAKCRS •1 raiC CULTURE TISSUE 



COLinBIA. XLXSRX, MICHH . 



iMUSHROOM 

 =SPAWN = 



rresh Spawn Always on hand. 



WRrTE FOR PRICE& 



COCHRAN MUSHROOM & SPAWN CO. 



91 1 CHEMICAL BLIXJ. ST. LOUIS. MO. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



trade. They stood well with the garden- 

 ers, both private and commercial, and 

 did a first-class trade. 



Vincent, Levin & Co. did a general 

 seed business and had other lines as 

 well. 



The Pacific Seed Growers Co. under 

 that title is a comparatively new organ- 

 ization, but the principals of the concern 

 are well known to the trade, Messrs. 

 Agnew and Cox being old time operators 

 as seed growers. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



[All catalogues are filed by The Review and 

 are accessible to the trade for reference 'at any 

 time. Following are the latest arrivala.!] 



J. J. GruUemans & Sons, Lisse, Hol- 

 land, bulbs and plants; Leedle Floral 

 Co., Springfield, O., roses and bedding 

 plants; Herendeen Mfg. Co., Geneva, 

 N. Y., handsome special greenhouse 

 book of Furman boilers for steam and 

 hot water heating; Leonard Seed Co., 



