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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



Apbil 2, 1008. 



Seed Trade News. 



AMKBICAN SEED TBADE ASSOCIATION. 



Pres., George S. Green, Chicago; First Vlce- 

 pres., M. H. Dviryea, New York; Sec'y and 

 Treas., C. E. Kenael, Cleveland. Twenty-sixth 

 annual convention at Hotel Pontchartrafn, De- 

 troit, Mich., June 23 to 25. 1908. 



The department store seed sections are 

 getting busy. 



There is a good call for the Davis 

 Perfect cucumber. 



The March business, while heavy, has 

 not made many new records. 



The canners are beginning to take a 

 little more interest in seed peas. 



The seed shortages are beginning to 

 develop in the stocks of the retailers — 

 wholesalers were sold out long ago. 



The mail trade has taken a spurt in 

 the last few days, for warm weather has 

 visited the eastern part of the country. 



The death of E. D. Darlington, of W. 

 Atlee Burpee & Co., is reported in this 

 week's obituary column, with a brief 

 sketch of his career. 



The seed trade in general is either 

 too busy, or too uncertain how to pro- 

 ceed, to take any action on the proposed 

 national pure seed law. 



Counter trade is on the boom with 

 New York, Boston and Philadelphia 

 seedsmen, for there have been several 

 days of almost summer weather. 



Southern seedsmen, with whom the 

 season is pretty well along, say that most 

 of them have done the largest business 

 on record, especially in the southwest. 



The Holland bulb salesmen are mak- 

 ing their departure for home and for the 

 trip through England with more room 

 in the order-book than has been the 

 case in several years. 



From all reports it appears that, to 

 say the least, there will be no scarcity of 

 gladiolus bulbs in a year or two, as soon 

 as the growers who are now extending 

 their facilities get things fairly swinging. 



During the year ended December 31, 

 1907, the value of the declared exports 

 of seeds, plants, etc., from the consular 

 districts of London, England, to the 

 United States was $1,182,502, according 

 to the Horticultural Advertiser. 



C. C. Morse & Co., San Francisco, are 

 authority for the statement that the Cal- 

 ifornia Seed Growers' Co., recently or- 

 ganized at Gilroy, Cal., has been dis- 

 solved by agreement. Ah Him, their 

 Chinese foreman, who organized the com* 

 pany, has withdrawn from it and re- 

 turned to China March 24 for a pro- 

 longed visit. 



A MEMBER of the committee on seed 

 legislation of the American Seed Trade 

 Association says, in speaking of 

 matters now under discussion: "There 

 is, in my judgment, apt to be a great 

 injustice if not direct injury done to the 

 seed trade in the use of the name of the 

 American Seed Trade Association in 

 whatever comments are made or action 

 is taken on the bills that are before con- 

 gress. We, of course, cannot at this time 

 attempt to control the action of our 

 friends, but would request that they act 

 entirely independent and do not use the 

 name of our organization." 



REMEMBER! THIS ASTER HAS NEVER BEEN BEAT! 



f?^D PI flDIC&TC II6P Has taken Ist, 2nd and 3rd awards ever since it was 

 ■ ^'■* ■ i-^^i^i^i^ »J»i- Introduced In 1903. It has been shown in all toe larg- 

 est cities in Canada, tested in the trial grounds, and K ATP I Of^K A^ ■ PD 

 pronounced to be the Flneat Ast«r in Existence. ■^** ■ ■- m-**v»im *«w» ■ &.■«. 

 Colors; Enchantress-pink or White. Trade packet, 50o. 



Originator: J. H. LOCK, 41 Manchester Avenue, TORONTO, CANADA. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



SPECIAL OFFER ! 



Begonias and Gloxioias 



LABGE, PLUMP BULBS FBON A PBIZE STBAIN. 



Doz. 



SINGLE MIXED $0.30 



SINGLE SGPABATE COLOBS.. .85 



DOUBLE MIXED 50 



DOUBLE 8EPABATECOLOB8.. .60 



GIANT GLOXINIAS 



Doz. 100 1000 

 CHOICE MIXED $0.50 $3.00 $28.00 



8EPABATEC0L0BS GO 3.50 



CYCAS STEMS 



(SAGO PALM) 

 True Long-Leaved Variety. 



Will grade the siz<!s to 8uit buyer. 25 lbs. at 

 7*20; 100 lbs at 7c; 300 lb. case at $19.00. 



CHOICE 

 NAMED DAHLIAS 



Prom a prize collection— send for list. $1.25 per 

 doz.; $6.00 per 100; $50.00 per 1000. 



MIXKl) PAHLTAH-Large divided roots— the 

 stock that always commands a ready sale. 75c 

 per doz.; $4.50 per 100; $40.00 per 1000. 



We carry a full line of 



Summer Flowering Bulbs. 



Write for Wholesale List. 



JOHNSON SEED CO. 



2 1 7 Market St., PHI I ADELPHIA, PA. 



Mention Th» Rerlew when yon write. 



ASTER SEED 



Our descriptive price list of High Grade 

 Aster Seed is now ready, and will be sent 

 free on application. 



It will BOOB be time to sow yoar 

 main crop ot Ait«r Seed. Gire 

 onr strain a trial. None better. 



"Pointers on How to Grow Asters Success- 

 fully" sent free with every order. 



VICK & HILL CO. 



P. O. Box 613, Rochester, N. T. 



W. Atlee Burpee and Mrs. Burpee, of 

 Philadelphia, were called back from the 

 south by word of the death of E. D. 

 Darlington. 



Complaints have been almost univer- 

 sal this season over the failure of many 

 bulbs, especially hyacinths, to produce a 

 good crop of flowers. The trouble has 

 been felt as much in England as in this 

 country, and in many of the continental 

 journaJs there are similar expressions of 

 disappointment. Even in Holland and 

 Belgium the same tale is told, and the 

 cause doubtless is to be attributed to the 

 exceptionally unfavorable summer of 

 1907, which prevented the proper ripen- 

 ing up of the bulbs. 



••r-^-VEi'^Kr.-^-r.'.-v-i 



Gold Medal Strain 

 BEGONIAS 



Tuberous-Rooted 



Single- Per doz. 100 



White $0.40 $2.50 



YeUow 40 2.60 



Nankeen 40 2.60 



Pink 40 2.60 



Rose 40 2J50 



Red 40 Z50 



DarkRed 40 2J» 



Salmon 40 2.60 



Orange 40 2J50 



Mixed 85 2.36 



Donble— 



White 65 5.00 



Yellow 65 6.00 



Orange 65 6.00 



Rose 65 5.00 



DarkRose 65 6.00 



DarkRed 65 6.00 



Red 65 6.00 



Salmon 65 6.00 



Mixed 50 4.00 



CALADIUM ESCULENTUM 

 or Elephant's Ear 



Per doz. 100 



Size 5x7-inch bulbs 10.36 t 2.00 



" 7x9 " " 48 3.00 



" 9x11" " 85 6.00 



" 12-lnch and over bulbs 2.40 16.00 



GIiADIOLUS BULBS 



Of the following varieties we have exception- 

 ally large and choice stock. 



Per 100 



AmcricB 17.00 



AvKvatB 2.60 



Brenobleyenala, selected 



1st size 1.50 



Mm 2.00 



Wlilt* and Usht 1.50 



Special Mixed, extra large 



select bulbs 1.00 



Taber o aea .BzeelalorPearl , 



4x6-l8t size 



1000 



$60.00 



20.00 



10.00 

 15.00 

 12.00 



5000 

 1250.00 

 95.00 



47.50 

 60.00 

 57.60 



8.00 37.50 



9.00 40.00 



so SmJof StroAC^ 



The new potato, Solanum commersoni 

 violet, about which much has been writ- 

 ten, has not in all cases realized the ex- 

 pectations of its friends. Some French 

 growers claimed for it considerable dis- 

 ease-resisting and frost-resisting powers. 

 In Ireland, however, a series of experi- 

 ments, conducted by the Department of 

 Agriculture, go to show that this potato 

 has not established any claim for special 



