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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



J473 



other places. The Cox Seed Co. was one 

 of the oldest concerns on the coast and 

 did a large general horticultural trade 

 in addition to its seed business. C. C. 

 Morse & Co. have only been in San 

 Francisco two years, having taken over 

 the business of the late E. J. Bowen. 

 Previously they had confined themselves 

 to the growing of seeds for the trade, at 

 Santa Clara and vicinity. 



It is reported that the committee on 

 legislation of the American Seed Trade 

 Association has received intimations 

 from friendly members of congress that 

 the best way to head off other legislation 

 at the next session will be to have intro- 

 duced a bill of their own preparation, 

 which will of course safeguard the in- 

 terests of both planters and seedsmen 

 and therefore be acceptable to congress. 



WEATHER AND TRADE. 



No matter what the final records show 

 as to the aggregate of sales, the season 

 of 1907 is likely to go down in history 

 as the most strenuous the seed trade 

 ever has known. Spring came all at 

 once. It was the exceptional house that 

 did as much up to the middle of March 

 as was done up to that date in 1906. 

 This is particularly true of eastern 

 houses, for winter lingered in the lap 

 of spring, particularly in New England, 

 until ousted of a sudden by Old Sol and 

 almost midsummer temperatures. Sum- 

 mer came to the southwest ten days ago, 

 and in the last week new records have 

 been made at almost every weather ob- 

 servatory from the Eockies to the At- 

 lantic. Summer temperatures have been 

 general. The result was a deluge of 

 belated mail orders, the season bursting 

 into full bloom almost in a day. Night 

 work has been general for a week. It 

 is the common report that the number of 

 mail orders received on Monday, March 

 25, broke all records. Not only are the 

 mail order departments working at high- 

 est pressure, but counter trade is on in 

 full force and seed stores are crowded 

 beyond the possibility of satisfactory 

 service to all. The seedsman loses, as 

 well as the customer, when the rush is 

 too great to be handled with care — and 

 the worst of it is practically every cus- 

 tomer might have bought before the 

 rush but for that trait of human nature 

 which causes us all to put everything 

 off till the last moment. Wholesalers 

 and jobbers are driven with reorders 

 from the ever-increasing army of coun- 

 try retailers of seeds. 



The worst feature is that it will be 

 a short season if the weather continues 

 so much warmer than normal. 



IMPORTS. 



The imports of seeds through the 



port of New York for the week ending 



March 9 were as follows: 



Kind. Bags. Val. Kind. Bags. Val. 



Annatto. . . 298 $ 5,088 Cummin. . . 151 $ 3,301 



Anise -122 1,457 Grass 780 18,791 



Canary 936 1,842 Hemp 1,100 5,225 



Cardamom. 1 51 Mustard.. 482 4,380 



Castor 2,868 13,600 Poppy 350 2,832 



Clover 3,269 84,068 Rape 100 666 



Other.' 2,663 



In the same period the imports of 

 trees and plants were valued at $8,947. 



The imports of seeds through the 

 port of New York for the week ending 

 March 16 were as follows: 



Kind. Bags. Val. Kind. Bags. Val. 



Annatto. . . 162 | 2,536 Grass 1,044 |23,540 



Caraway.. 1.50 1,114 Mustard.. 318 4,268 



Castor 537 2,144 Poppy 92 298 



Clover 1.443 35,041 Rape 314 2,265 



Coriander. 200 634 Other 2,117 



"Kentlas are scarce, and that the Bbortage is likely to continue is fchown by 

 the fact that those who would like to plant seed find it impossible to procure them 

 in any quantity."— riorlats* Review, Marcli 21( 1007. 



We have just received in prime condition fresh crop 



KENTIA BELMORESNA 



100 1000 



which we offer as lODfr s»8tack lasts, 5000 for $27.50 10.75 16.00 



Kentta Voratartana due short^^ 



AaptiraBaa Pi. Nanus, true greeohouse crop 50 3.60 



AsparaauB PI. Nanus, open air stocit 25 1.76 



Asparaeus Sprenserl 16 .75 



BULBS 



Besonla, single, in separate colors, white, rose, yellow, orange, copper color, 12 100 



scarlet, crimson $0.38 $2.25 



Single, all colors mixed 80 2 00 



Bearonla, double, separate colors, white, rose, scarlet, yellow and orange 60 4.25 



All colors, double, mixed 55 4.00 



Gloxinia, in separate colors or named, pure white, red, violet, purple, figured 



red, white border; blue, white border 60 3.60 



All colors Gloxinia mixed 40 S.tO 



Caladlum Bsoulentum, fine center shoots, 6-7 26 1.50 



7-9, 40c per doz.: $3.00 per 100. 9-11 75 5.50 



Fancy Leaved Caladlum, named 1.50 lO.OO 



TUBEROSES 



100 lOOO 



Dwarf Excelsior Pearl, 4x6 $1.10 $8.50 



•• 3x4 50 4.50 



Canna8,in separate sorts, named 2.00 15.00 



, 12 100 



Our choice, larsre roots Ullum Auratum, 7-9 $ .75 $5.00 



Llllum Auratum, 9-11 1.10 7.00 



Album,8-9 1.00 7.00 



Melpomene, 8-9 l.OO 6.60 



Rubrum,8-9 85 6.00 



Address H. H. BERGER & CO., 47 Barclay St., New York 



Mention The Review when you write. 



Summer- Blooming Bulbs. 



GLADIOLUS 100 lOoo 



America, the grandest Gladiolus 



up-to-date, color, soft pink tlO.OO 175 00 



Aaamsta, pure white 3.00 26 00 



May, white, flaked rose 1.60 12 00 



Oroff s Gold Medal Hjbrlda. 2.00 18.U0 



Giant Ctalldail, splendid mixed. 2.00 18.00 

 White and Light FlorUts' 



Mixture 1.75 15.00 



Mtxtnre of Pink Grounds 1.50 12.60 



Kxtra Choice American 



Hybrids 2.25 20.00 



GLADIOLUS 100 looo 



Good Mixed 10.85 {7.00 



Tuberouis-Rooted Begonias 



SlnKle, acarlet, white, yellow, 



rose, separate 3.00 25.00 



Double, scarlet, white, yellow, 



rose separate 5 00 45.00 



GLOXINIAS 



Bxtra choice strain in 3 separate 

 colors 4.00 35.00 



Send for trade price list. 



CIRRIE BROS. CO. .ro!i^.y. Milwaukee, Wis. 



Mention The Review when yoD write. 



NEW STOCKS 



Flower Seeds for Florists 



WHOLESALE CATALOGUE READY 



Send for it today. But first read our 

 advertisement on page 1379 in the 

 FLORISTS' REVIEW for March 21, 

 1907. It is worth reading. 



James Vick's Sons 



Seedsmen ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



lu the same period the imports of 

 trees and plants were valued at $14,650. 





NEW ILLINOIS FACTORY LAW. 



The following account is from a local 

 newspaper at Merner, 111., near Bloom- 

 ington, and is of interest in relation to 

 the factory law now pending in the state 

 legislature : 



Last Friday evening, while at work at the 

 Funk Bros.' seed house and elevator lu the 

 Grove. William Lain met with quite a painful 

 accident. A belt In the machinery slipped, and 

 In tr.vlng to adjust It he was caught an<l 

 thrown among the rapidly revolving wheels. 



Aster Seed 



L.ATK BRANCHING, the best for florists' 

 use; ideal form, very large, always on long 

 stiff Btems. In separate colors, large 

 trade pkt., 20c; M oz., 30c; 1 oz., 80c. 



KABLY SNOWDRIFT, the earliest white. 

 Trade pkt., 35c; % oz.. $1.00, 1 oz., $3.00. 



DAYBREAK, extra fine, trade pkt., 25c; 

 >^oz.,40c; 1 oz.,$1.25. 



Other Seeds equally reasonable. 



Send for catalogue. 



NATHAN SMITH & SON 



Adrian, Mich. 



but fortunately escaped with one broken bone 

 of the left arm near the wrist Joint. The belt 

 or some part of the machinery also made a 

 clean cut around the arm Just at the fracture, 

 but not severing any artery or tendon. The 

 wound required a dozen or more stitches to 

 close it. 



The factory law now pending would 

 make it obligatory that the owner imme- 

 diately report such an accident, with all 

 the circumstances, to the state factory 

 inspector, where it would be a matter 

 of public record. Employers consider 

 that the result of the bill, if it becomes 

 a law, will be to largely increase the 

 number of damage suits. 



