JDLY 9, 1008. 



The Weekly Florists' Review, 



25 



Stokes Standard 

 Pansy Seed 



The Pansies grown from our seed are vigorous 

 and compact, the flowers bloom well above the 

 foliage, they are of enormous dimensions— some 

 specimens grown on our grounds measuring 

 over three inches in diameter. :: :: :: :: :: 



Stokes' Standard Mixed Pansy 



Is the finest strain of Giant Pansies it is possible to pro- 

 duce. It is a blend of all that is finest in Pansies from 

 France, England and Gercnany. It is absolutely unrivaled 

 in range of magnificent colors, size and substance. 



Trade packet (2000 seeds), 60c; >^ oz., 86c; >^ oz., 

 $8.86; 1 oz., $6.00; % lb., $20.00. 



I 1' 



Kingly Collection of Giant Pansies 



Mixed 



A most excellent strain, the same as has been sold for 

 years by the late firm of Johnson & Stokes, and has given 

 great satisfaction. 



Price— >i trade^packet, 80c; trade packet (2000 seeds), 

 60c; 5000 seeds, $1.00; per oz., $6.00; per % lb., $14.00. 



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Mention Tne Keview wnen you write. 



south the dry weather has ruined the 

 eggplant, but in all sections where there 

 has been plenty of rain the crop is un- 

 usually good and bids fair to turn out a 

 large seed crop of good quality. 



Asparagus — Asparagus has made splen- 

 did crop, except in some few places, 

 where dry weather has injured it. But 

 there will doubtless be a full crop when 

 it is all in. 



Pearl Millet — The crop of this bids 

 fair to be an average one, but has suf- 

 fered in some places for want of rain. 

 But unless something serious overtakes it, 

 we expect an average crop. 



Chufaa — The crop of these is much 

 better than usual and we look for a 

 plentiful supply, with better quality than 

 usual. Amzi Godden Seed Co. 



WATSON S. VOODRUFF. 



Watson S. Woodruff, the newly elected 

 president of the American Seed Trade 

 Association, whose portrait adorned page 

 28 of last week's Keview, was born at 

 Orange, Conn., April 8, 1869. His father. 

 Stiles D. Woodruff, was one of the pio- 

 neer seed growers of Connecticut, start- 

 ing in the seed growing business on his 

 return from the Civil War in 18G5. The 

 son was graduated from the New Haven 

 high school in 1889, shortly after which 



he went actively into the seed business, 

 associating himself with his father, 

 Stiles D. Woodruff, and his brother, 

 Frank C. Woodruff, under the firm name 

 of S. D. Woodruff & Sons. He mar- 

 ried, January 4, 1893, Harriet Hotchkiss, 

 and to them five children have been born, 

 three girls and two boys, all of whom 

 are living. Stiles D. Woodruff died in 

 April, 1906. The present firm of S. D. 

 Woodruff & Sons is made up of Frank C. 

 Woodruff and Watson S. Woodruff. The 

 firm makes a specialty of market gar- 

 deners' seeds and does a large growing 

 and wholesale business as well. The firm 

 operates at Orange, Conn., and 82 Dey 

 street, New York City, with a branch 

 also at Queens, L. I. 



ON THE EAST COAST. 



A well-known observer speaks as fol- 

 lows of conditions in southern New Jer- 

 sey, Delaware and Maryland: 



' ' The weather has been exceedingly 

 hot and dry, unusually so for the month 

 of June. Tomato plants are not thriv- 

 ing to best advantage on this account. 

 It is necessary to have frequent rains 

 during the early resetting season, so as 

 to give the plants the proper start. As 

 a result considerable complaint can be 

 reported for tomatoes, as well as unu- 



sual exception to weather conditions as 

 far as corn is concerned. Cutworms 

 have damaged the com crop considerably. 

 One grower reports as having had to re- 

 plant 120 acres. It is impossible to 

 determine just why corn has not ger- 

 minated as it should this season, but 

 the principal reason seems to be on ac- 

 count of the weather conditions when 

 this seed was being saved last fall. ' ' 



THE BUSINESS YEAR. 



In his address, as president, to the 

 American Seed Trade Association at the 

 Detroit convention, George S. Green 

 said: 



"We meet at the end of a business 

 year of unusual stress and uncertainty, 

 during which the country has had a 

 serious setback to the prosperity of the 

 last few years. Such a year always 

 brings new problems to be met and new 

 difficulties to be surmounted. These 

 problems and difficulties test the tem- 

 per of the man and, when conquered, 

 usually leave him with a new store of ex- 

 perience and knowledge with which to 

 meet future tasks. 



"We are all still doing business, no 

 financial disaster among our member- 

 ship having come to my knowledge. This 

 is evidence of the permanent character 

 of our trade and of the average ability 



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