OCTOBKU 1], I'JOG. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



1351 



s(>(h1s not spe(tialJy providod for, and tlie 

 (icnoriU Appraisers aflfinnod such action, 

 as in their protest Hopkins & (Jo. did 

 not sliow that the seeds were not in a 

 condition to prevent sahj tor planting. 



Frank Osbouxe, manager of the seed 

 corn dejiartnient of tlie Sioux (,'ity Seed 

 and Nursery Co., lias been looking over 

 las contract corn in Plymouth county, 

 Iowa, and was much j)lcased with the 

 prospects. 



Holm & Oi.sox, St. Paul, deny the 

 report current in the trade since S. I). 

 Dysinger entered their employ, that they 

 are about to add a seed department in 

 their immense new store ; indcetl, O. J. 

 Olson says they hadn't evi'u thought 

 of it. 



Jos. Steckler, of New Orleans, states 

 that from careful investigation he be- 

 lieves the vegetable crop of Louisiana 

 will be reduced fifty per cent as a result 

 of the recent heavy storms, which have 

 resulted in a large call for seeds for re- 

 planting. 



It is believed that the principal rea- 

 son why Sears, Roebuck & Co., Chicago, 

 are dropping the seed department is 

 that they have been unsuccessful in their 

 efforts to find a man qualified to run 

 the department on the scale of the rest 

 of the business. Sears, Roebuck & Co. 

 do not do things by halves. 



NEBRASKA SEED NOTES. 



The latest Nebraska crop report is 

 from C. P. Coy & Son, Waterloo. It is 

 as follows: 



' * Cucumber. — Spotted ; some good 



F. W. Bruggerhof. 



<rops and otlxMs very poor. We are 

 short on some kinds nnd long on others. 



"Sweet corn, -(iood crop, Imt a(*reage 

 I'ss than usual. 



" Muskmelon. -Light i-v,,^,; wr ;iie 

 ■•iMirt on most kinds. 



• ■ WMtciitK'liin. Small ;icri'ag<' pliint- 



Geo. C. Tliorburn. Grant Thorburn. Jas. M. Thorburn, 



Three Generations of Thorborns, 



ed, as most of the trade on this item is 

 going south. Probably enough to fill 

 orders. 



"Squash and Pumpkin. — A good aver- 

 age crop on the whole, though some 

 varieties have done poorly. ' ' 



J. M. THORBURN & CO. 



For the last eight years J. M. Thor- 

 burn & Co. have occupied a building at 

 36 Cortlandt street, New York, from 

 which the construction of new railway 

 terminals has forced a removal to 3:5 

 Barclay street, the building pictured in 

 this issue running through the block to 

 38 Park place. The business was estab- 

 lished by Grant Thorburn in 1802, at 20 

 Nassau street, where it was carried on 

 for many years, and in 1808 by a miracle 

 escaped total destruction l)y a fire which 

 swept the neighborhood. In 1814 the 

 business was totally prostrated by the 

 proprietor expending his whole capital 

 and more in fruitless preparations and 

 attempts to raise seeds, etc., which could 

 not be imported during the war. This 

 notice appeared as an advertisement on 

 the back cover of C. Thorburn & Son 's 

 catalogue of 1S27. On the back cover 

 of the 1S22 catalogue appeared the fol 

 lowing advertisement : 



<;. 'I'liorlmni & Son take llic lilicit.v «if inf<pi-iii 

 iiiK their I'licmls ami the imhlir lllat tlicy aro 

 coiislaiitlv .su|)|ilit>(l at tlu'ir uarcliinisc. 2o" \as 

 sail street. New Vcirk. willi a Keiieral assort 

 iiieiit (if ;:ar(leii seeds siiilalile lor ciiltivatiuii in 

 tiie r. S. and West Indies. (;rass seeds i<( 

 ever.v iiiiportaiit and valiialde kind; tiawtliorn 

 i|uiiks fur live fences nr liedj,'iiiK: a itreal 

 varietv <if llouer seeds and mots, prociiieil from 

 varidns p.nts „( tli.> world; spade.s. slicivels. 

 rakes. Imes, hand pl.pii;:lis. ele.. etc.. tiird seed 

 (if ever.v kind: lliiiriisii split and wlhde peas 

 for lioilini;: .Vnjerican and Scolcli oaltne.al; Kn 

 Klisli ;.MitIs, elc.. etc.; a constant su|ipl,\ of 

 «ariien seeds put up li.\ llie Sociel.v of Sli.akeis 

 at I.eh.inoii. also tiieir Cdiupressed uieilli iiial and 

 1 iilinar.v herlis. 



The more elTeclnall.v to accunniiodale the'.r 

 iiisldmors the.\ have conneited with tlie seed 

 trade, a hiitanical ami a;;ri(iiltiiral liook store. 

 where :i Kreat variel.v of the most valnahle pub 

 lieatidiis on sulijeils. especiall.v the imidevn 

 works (if merit, itia.v imw lie liad. iiieludinv the 

 auriiiillnral almanacs (if the state* of New 

 Ydrk, I'cims.vlvania and t'onnecticiil to he had 

 ever.v \car as sikiii as pnlilished. 



In islti (Iniiit Thorburn recovered 

 from tlic iifostf.-ition of liis business 

 MS vt-onled in lsl4. and "with the 

 help of !f.")()i» iidvanced by a friend" 

 he coiiinit iici'd Miirw. "having for nine 



years past stood the attacks of several 

 powerful opponents, and among the last 

 though not the least w;is the great Ruta 



New Headquarters of Thorburn & Co. 



