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JANCAEY 30, 1908. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



45 



Tolips Below Cost 



To dispose of our bulbs at once we offer the 

 following prices : 



Belle Alliance* $1.25 p6r hundred; Conlenr 

 Ponceau, 55<;; Crimaon Kint;, 90c: Duchesne 

 de Parma, 70c; Due van Tlioll, red, yellow 

 edge, 70c; rose, $1.10; scarlet, 8.5c; white, $1.00; 

 JooBtvan Vondel, red and white, 90c; Keiz- 

 er8fci'oon,$1.15; L.'Imniaculee,45c; LaRelne, 

 55c; Mon Tresor, $1.00; Pottebakker, scarlet, 

 $1.25; pure yellow, $1.65; Prince of Austria, $1.40; 

 Proserpine, $1.90; Rose Orisdelin, 75c; Crown 

 of Roses, $2.15; Due van Tlioll, red and yellow, 

 40c: Gloria Soils, »0c; Tournesol^red and yel- 

 low, $1-00; Yellow Rose, 50u; !Late Flowering, 

 all kinds, 75c: Mixed Narcissus, 50c per hun- 

 dred, $4.00 per thousand. Also small quantities 

 of other varieties at 50 per cent from our whole- 

 sale prices. Name your second choice. Attend 

 to this matter at once, as this adv. will not appear 

 again. 



Write for our Catalogue and state whether you 

 are a dealer, florist or market gardener. 



JAMES VICK'S SONS, ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



named Grand. It originated with H. B. 

 Davis, a grower near Jackson, five years 

 ago, as a sport from Osage. 



In voting to hold its next convention 

 at Detroit, the executive committee of the 

 Seed Trade Association also voted that 

 each participant pay for his place at the 

 annual banquet. Possibly the gentlemen 

 did not care to impose upon the hos- 

 pitality of a non-member to the extent 

 that would likely be the case under the 

 former arrangement. 



Theee is still a scarcity of the red 

 flat varieties of onion seed. It is thought 

 that there is enough for all legitimate 

 purposes, but the holders do not seem to 

 be willing as yet to let go of it at prices 

 that the purchaser will pay. The next 

 month will have to do the adjusting of 

 this matter, as by March seed will have to 

 be planted. 



Onion sets are being shipped out in 

 car lots at present and the stock is re- 

 ported to be in good shape. The market 

 shows no sign of breaking and the de- 

 mand for later shipment will be heavy, 

 judging from the inquiry for prices from 

 localities that have not yet stocked up 

 for the spring trade. High prices are 

 bound to rule this spring. Normal Jan- 

 uary conditions prevail in all lines of 

 the seed trade, according to the reports 

 at hand from the best authorities in the 

 different lines. An unusually heavy trade 

 is expected in what is termed fill-in busi- 

 ness with the jobbers. Most of the whole- 

 sale lists are out and a general feeling 

 of stability prevails. The catalogue 

 houses report good returns so far and the 

 seed purchasers seem to be in fairly good 

 financial shape. Market garden trade in 

 the central west is fully up to the aver- 

 age January expectations and a feeling 

 of satisfaction with conditions is general. 



SEED TRADE DISCLAIMER. 



At the meeting at Chicago January 21 



the following resolution was adopted: 



The Executive Committee of the American 

 Seed Trade Association recommends that Its 

 members still further emphasize and publish Its 

 Wsclalmer by having It printed on all station- 

 pry. Including letter-heads, bill-heads, quotation 

 sheets, acceptances, labels and packages, and by 

 disseminating same to all merchant customers 

 possible and supplying merchants with Dis- 

 claimer Cards to be hung In a amsplcuous place 

 in the salesroom. 



Cards will be furnished by Secretary 

 C. E. Kendel, Cleveland, O., free to mem- 

 liers on request, and to others at 10 cents 

 per copy^ postpaid. 



The disclaimer is as follows: 



John Doe & Co. give no warranty, express or 

 "npUed, as to description, quality, productive- 



HELLER'S 

 MICE PROOF 

 SECTIONAL 



SEND FOR CUTS 

 AND PRICES. 



Heller & Co. 



MONTPEUER, OHIO. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



ASTER SEED 



Send for list, ready soon. 

 All 1907 crop and prices right. 



ALTIMO CULTURE CO 



CANFIELD, OHIO 



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Choice Strains of 



aii tiie 

 Leading Sorts.... 



Send for Trade Catalos before placine your order. 



CURRIE BROS. CO. Milwaukee, Wis. 



Mention Tte Review when yon write. 



ness, or any other matter of any seeds, bnlbs 

 or plants they send out, and they will not be In 

 any way responsible for the crop. If the pur- 

 chaser does not accept the goods on these terms, 

 they are at once to be returned. 



IMPORTS. 



The imports of seed through the port 



of New York for the week ending Jan. 



18 were as follows: 



Kind. Fkgs. Val. Kind. Pkgs. Val. 



Grass 108^1.389 Poppy ... 100 | 733 



Annatto 10 107 Rape 209 659 



Caraway ...177 1,370 Sugar b't.6,800 49,777 



Clover 357 8,802 All other. ... 6,667 



In the same period the imports of 



bulbs, trees and plants were valued at 



$22,050. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



B. Hammond Tracy, Wenham, Mass., 

 ' ' Cedar Acres Gladioli " ; W, H. Barrett, 

 Adrian, Mich., tomato seeds; the Dingee 

 & Conard Co., West Grove, Pa., "Our 

 New Guide to Eose Culture," with a 

 list, also, of other plants, bulbs and 

 seeds; S. M. Isbell & Co., Jackson, Mich., 

 farm and garden seeds; K. Velthuys, 

 Hillegom, Holland, bulbs and flower 

 roots. 



Calendars Recdved.' 



Calendars for 1908 have been received 

 from : Arthur Albrecht, Jr., Roland Park, 

 Md.; Charles H. Lilly Co., Seattle, 

 Wash.; Superior Machine and Boiler 

 Works, Chicago, HI. 



CARING FOR LAWNS. 



A good lawn is a highly prized posses- 

 sion, whether public property or owned 

 by a private individual. And in like 

 manner there is dissatisfaction when a 

 poor lawn is in evidence. Handsome 

 trees are objects of interest and unceas- 

 ing sources of pleasure; shrubberies and 

 flowers are likewise means of enjoyment, 

 but all of these are enhanced in their 

 value when they are surrounded by grass, 

 varying in its extent of surface as con- 

 ditions demand, but unvarying in ver- 

 dant beauty. 



A great deal is accomplished in the 

 keeping of a lawn in good order by care- 

 ful attention to the routine work in sum- 

 mer, but there is more than that needed 

 in order to have good grass year after 

 year. Perhaps the most essential require- 

 ment is supplying the roots at the proper 



