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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



21 



The Banquet to the American Seed Trade Asiociation at Hotel Astor, New York, June 26. 



splcinliil I'lldris aiiil I'm the iii:i<^iiilii riii 

 WJiv ill \\liii-ii llicy wiTc i-;irii<'il mil. 



The Banquet. 



Xcjirl.v -JiMi jitti'iiilrd tin- li;nii|iii't. Tlic 

 nifim \v;i-; >ii|m'1'1i, llic iiiusii' ('li;inniii<; 



anil the iirc.-isidll nlir iiT <^rr;it I'li j(i\ IIM'II) 

 to :ill. I';ilii<k <)'.\l:n;i \\;i> the loiist ! 

 niiistcr ;iihI ;it \w< lirvi. kiT|iiii;; cv ox oik' 

 ill ^(xiil laiiiiiii. I 



I'lcsiilciit WoDil \\;i-- ilir liist spciikcr. 



Ho IKIIIird ;i liiisl c 1 1' sci'i Isllirll who Wi'lf I 



locikiiiy yoiiiiyiT lli.-in llic first il:iy lie saw ; 



tliciii ami ailvir^i'il as llic secret uf ])('i- , 



potiial vdiitli llie liniKir of llic |(resi(leiicy j 



of tlie society. He spoke of the s|iiril of ' 

 optitnislll ill the -.eedsiMc!' i-\ eiy W Ik'Ic a ll.j 



nrji< il its coiit iiiuaiKc. 



('apt. I.aiidii'tli. of riiil.-ejclpjiia, was 

 iiitroiliiceil a- ••tlie mail w lio-c name wa-^ 



a llollselioM wor<l." '•Tlie Nestor of tlie 

 seed Made and il- .lean." wa- Mr. 

 O'Mara's ( liara<-leri/.;ii ion of ( '. I,, .\llen. 



' ' the old man .■|o.|lieliI . ' " \1 l . .\llcll o;i\e 



a liiimoi(Mi-. adilre<- and la-! hi-- maiitli' 

 (III I'rof. .lolin-oii. of iiie Aimiiraii .\eii 

 ciiltnri-t. declaiin- han to !»■ ■ • full ot' 

 c;(MhI iialnre. -oiiiid -.■ii-c :ind |iiacl ice. ' " 

 I'rofesvnr .l,diii-<on ^a\e a lon:^ and .do 



qiieiil N| -li, full of witty sioriev ;ind re 



plete uilh inform.-itioii concern iii;^ ■^outh- 

 <'rii lioiiiridliirc and • .-i li forni.a and the 

 nortln^cvi ^vith it- immiciation ami 

 .lameslowii and it- lii>lory. 



W. .1. Stewart spoki' for the S. .\. l". 

 and .\lliert .\lc( ullmiuh. "f ( imiMiiati. j 

 was eloc|lle|it ill reminiscence-. (harles 

 [*. l'.iaslaii. of San .lose. Cal.. cave an in 

 torestiny address, rcferrin;;- ^o I'ete; j 

 Henderson's prophecy .is t<i the seed and 

 luill) possibilities of ins -.tale. 



In response to the toastniaster "s enlooy 

 of Canada and its fniiire. S. V.. liriye-. | 

 of Toidiit 1. ;ra\.- a lin*' adclie^js. .Mr. | 



l-iiiyfis has lieeii a nieinlier id' the as^e 

 ciatioii Iwe^nty one year-- and i-; an e\ 

 president. 



W. !'. Stokes ease an iiiteiestine ad 

 dress on the enjoyment of friendly per 

 soiial intercourse, the \aliie of fraternal 

 assoidation and 1 he delightful entertain 

 meiit a(VoJ'i|e<| the -ociety liy the New 

 ^'(lrkers. lie proposeil a toa-i to Wm. 



Aleyyatt, one of the oldest ineiiiliels of 



the society. 



<'. N. I'aoc. of Des .Moines: S. I'. Wil 

 lard, of Wet herslieM ; Henry Niin^essei, 

 • if .New N'oik. and S. (Jrooi. o| Knk 

 liiii/en. Holland, \\ere the liiial \i<liiiis ol 

 till' toast master, who wa- ^i\eii carle 

 lilaiiclie and spraiiy toa-t-- on nii<ii-|ie(i 

 mo \ictinis until alioiit e\er\liod\ pie-cnl 

 hail taken his medicine. 



.1. -Vr.'S'nN Sii \\\ . 



HELPS FOR THE SEED TRADE. 



Talkiiie on the topii-. ••What the I ic 

 partment of .\ori,.,ili nic I- ILmii- loi 

 the Seed Trade. "' Hr. II, \,i \\ f. Callo 



\\ay. chief of (he hiiie; f I'lani In 



'lii^'ry of the I'liiied Siato- 1 >. pa il men i 

 'd' Aoiicnh lire, .-il ihe -cd I i.-idc coii\cn 

 'ion ;il New ^■ork last \\eck. ..ntiini'd 

 '^"'11'' 'd' tile niole impoiiaiii work o| 

 Ills department and • xiiiained ihe ida 



lions of this Work to the -eed liade. I 1, 



•'"I'litioii to that pari of the addio-- 

 I'linted in last week ■- i;i \ II W. III. C.-il 

 loway said : 



Agricultural Exploration. 



'i'lie ayriciiliural exploration work ot 

 tlie dep.aitinent. as tin example. call> for 



the ser\ ices of exjieriellced men. to oo 



into \arioiis jiarts of the world in search 

 of new ainl proniisiiiii crops. The re 

 suits achiiweil liy M. A. (•.•irletoii. in 

 securing iirtiins from Iv'iissia ;iiid other 



piirts of Ihe world tor use in ilii.s ('ouii 

 try. were rnentioiied as an illustration of 

 the importance of seiiilin<; jnactical nion 

 upon explorations of this (dniracter. Mi. 

 I'arleton had made orains a special Ktiuh' 

 for twenty yeais. and he was ;ible to 

 select \arielies of wheat which pro<lu(>ed 

 last year in the I'liited States uboiif .">(), 

 n(Hi,oiiu linshels. valued at ;il.out $07,00(1, 

 '10(1. 'I'he work of tin aericultiirti I ex 

 plorer now in <'liiiia was illustrated, jiie 

 lures of fields of poppie-;, used for tin- 

 ma nil fai-1 II re of opium, and of (.'liinese 

 veootiilile oardeiis lieino -how 11, toLjetlier 

 with inleresiiiio illusi rat ions ol' the inetli 

 od- of liandliiii; the iin]iortant so\' lieao 

 nop. 



riirliciilai alleiitioii wa- failed to tin- 

 Japanese salad plaiil. inlo. whicli is htm 

 died and si-r\ed iiiiicli liki' ci h-ry. aic! 

 i- proving; a pioiii i-i no plant for ii-e 

 upon the tallies ,,(■ .\ ineiica lis. 



Alioiit >."i.onii.iHiii worth of mailing is 

 iiii|ior!e(| I Very \ ea r. and tlio deptirt meiit 

 IS trying; lo estalilish the iii;i iiiifticl tire 

 of ln.•lltin^ I'loiu a .l:i]iaic'-i urass which 

 I- readii\ ^loWli helc. A- llie types of 

 imicii- u-ed for in.ailiii^ Oo ini' come true 



t'l'iiii s I. it has lieeti iiecc-s.ary to se 



i-iiie a lai'oe shipMient ot' these plants 

 lioin .lapaii. and lliev ;iro iiov\ in sue 

 cessfiil cult i\ at ioii ill < 'a li foriiia. Mn 

 cliiiierv has alriad>' lieeii i.orfei'teil for 

 wea\'ino this oiass, |.\- which an .Aim ii 

 can oper.Mtor can prmliice as tnueli mal 

 line in a day as is made lic an orieiOaf 

 in thirty days. 



Improvement of Grasses. 



The \4ork upon the inipio\emen; of 

 tmiolhies inanyuitited by |)r. .\. I). Hop 

 kins liiis result •! I in securine; siHiie \;il- 

 iialile types, includini;- a mammoth form 

 called the Stewart, or .M.'imiiioth, wliirdi 

 is also an extra early i \ pe. In till. l>r. 



