May 10, 1906. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



1:99 



Seed Trade News. 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION. 



Prea., W. H. Grenell, Sacrinaw W. S., Mich.; 

 nr»t Vice-PreB., L. L. lAay, St. Paul; Sec'y and 

 Treaa., C. B. Kendel, Cleveland. The 24th annua 

 neetiui: will be held at Toledo, O., June 26-28, 1906 



BV means of thousands of street-car 

 cards the L. A. Budlong Co. is advising 

 the people of Chicago to try cultivated 

 dandelion. 



The trade will sympathize with E. H. 

 Shumway, Eockford, 111., in the death 

 of his son, Eoland H. Shumway, Jr., 

 aged 30 years, at San Antonio, Tex., 

 May 1. 



Geo. C. Thomson, formerly with E. & 

 J. Farquhar & Co., Boston, has taken the 

 position as manager for H. F. Michel 1 

 Co., Philadelphia, recently resigned by 

 Paul F. Kichter. 



Latest advices from the Quedlinburg 

 and Erfurt seed-growing districts in Ger- 

 many are to the effect that more favor- 

 able weather conditions have given seed 

 crops a normal prospect. 



Throughout the onion growing section 

 of Ohio reports indicate that the grow- 

 ers are having trouble to get their fields 

 planted. "Wet weather keeps the ground 

 in poor shape for working. 



A SCARCITY of e«ffly cabbage plants 

 is developing. At the centers where 

 plants are usually to be had in large 

 quantities the growers' are calling upon 

 other sections to supply them. 



A NEW red cabbage is shortly to be 

 introduced by Hjalmar Hartmann & 

 Co., Copenhagen. It is called Danish 

 Stonehead and is said to be a very dis- 

 tinct strain and a great improvement on 

 red cabbages. 



Indianapolis, May 3. — Harry 0. 

 Chamberlain was today appointed re- 

 ceiver for "William H. Everitt, seedsman, 

 on complaint of James A. Everitt, a 

 brother of William H. Everitt, who 

 claims part ownership. A dissolution 

 of the firm is asked. 



The May frosts that the wise ones 

 have been predicting have arrived. 

 Beports from many of the gardening 

 sections throughout the west state that 

 considerable damage has been done to 

 beans and other tender vegetables. It is 

 reported that a very large quantity of 

 tomato plants have been frozen. 



Chicago: — There is yet quite an acre- 

 age remaining unplanted in the northern 

 onion set district. Unfavorable weather 

 has kept operations back. If the seed 

 is not in the ground by May 15 it will 

 be too late to mature a good crop. Three- 

 fourths of the usual acreage, however, 

 is planted, and many of the fields are 

 far enough along to permit cultivating 

 with the wheel hoe. 



Congressman Gaines, 'of the Nash- 

 ville, Tenn., district, admits that the 

 government trust-busters have no evi- 

 dence of an illegal combination of seeds- 

 men, but he has heard that there are two 

 associations of seedsmen and is afraid 

 that without the congressional free seed 

 distribution we should soon have a real 

 rascally, rapacious, ruthless, relentless 

 seed octopus oppressing the dear, de- 

 fenseless farmer I 



PACIFIC SKKV ' GROWERS' CO. 



411-415 5A.N50MC STRCKT 



SAN rRANCISCO, CAI^. 



Specialties! 



Onion, Carrot, I^etttice, S'weet Peas 



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LEONARD SEED GROWERS 



Leading SEED 



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Largfest firowers of Peas, Beans and 

 Garden Seed in the Central WesU 



Write for Prices. 



CHICAGO 



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I Burpee's Seeds Grow | 



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in Bulk 



LAWN GRASS SEED..aP„u,„ 



Dickinsons, Evergreen, and Pine Tree Brands 

 SPECIAL MIXTURES SEED FOR GOLF GROUNDS 



THE ALBERT DICKINSON CO. 



MINNEAPOLIS 



CHICAGO 



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Waldo Rohnert 



GILROY, CAL. 



Wholesale Seed Grower 



Specialties: Lettuce, Onion, Sweet Peas, Aster, 

 Cosmos, Mignonette, Verbena in variety. Cor- 

 respondence solicited. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



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



Are Headquarters For 



COW PEAS, SOJA BEANS, TEOSINTE, 

 BERMUDA GRASS, PEARL MILLET 

 AND ALL SOUTHERN SEEDS 



Write lor prices. 



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Braslan Seed 

 Growers Co. 



3700 

 Acres 

 of Gar- 

 den Seeds 

 in Cultiva- 

 tion. 



WHOLESALE SEED GROWERS 



SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA 



It has been stated at the oflSce of 

 F. H. Henry, assignee for Clucas & Bod- 

 dington Co., New York, that there is 

 about twenty-five per cent in sight for 

 creditors, ten per cent to be paid shortly, 

 to be followed at intervals by three divi- 

 dends of five per cent each. 



THE LAST DITCH. 



Washington, May 9. — The hearing on 

 free seeds before the Senate Committee 

 on Agriculture, is set for Friday, May 

 11, at 10:30 a. m. A preliminary meeting 

 of seedsmen will be held at the New 

 Willard hotel at 3 p. m. Thursday, 

 May 10. 



EUROPEAN AGENCY 



British agent for continental house Is open to 

 act as agent In Europe for any good American 

 seed exporting firm desirous of doing business 

 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. C. 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 growers of California speclaltie* 



Mention The Review when you write. 



COX SEED CO. 



will resume business at once and have ample 

 capital to protect all contracts. Special oflFers 

 from the trade desired. Address 



Cox Seed Co., 108 Cole St., San Francisco. 



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FREE SEEDS. 



In the due course of events the lower 

 house of Congress, having by a vote of 

 153 to 58 adopted Lamb's amendment 

 providing for $242,920 for free seeds, 

 passed the agricultural appropriation 

 bill as amended. The bill carries a total 

 of $7,481,440. 



There is one slight chance that the 

 appropriation may yet be defeated. The 

 Senate Committee on Agriculture, of 

 which Eedfield Proctor, of Vermont, is 

 chairman, has granted a hearing on free 

 seeds, to be held May 11 at 10:30 a. m., 

 at which a number of seedsmen from 



