The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



August 13, 1908. 



Announcement 



To our Friends and Patrons, and to the Trade in General: 



We, the undersigned, do hereby beg to announce that we have consolidated our interests, and that, 

 commencing on the 15th day of August, we will open our place at 144 N, Seventh St., Philadelphia, Pa., 

 for the purpose of conducting a wholesale seed, plant and bulb business. It would be needless to sup- 

 plement this brief announcement with numerous promises of what we intend doing, in order to insure 

 our own success — a consummation devoutly to be wished under all circumstances. Suffice it to say that 

 we are no novices in the business, and that our twenty years of hard experience on the road has con- 

 vinced us beyond the shadow of a doubt that one "cannot fool the people all the time," nor indeed 

 " part of the time," and come out on top — that, in order to win the confidence of the people (the short- 

 est route to success), one must be sure to give a square deal in return. It is, therefore, our aim to give 

 a SQUARE DEAL in return for confidence. Thanking you all for past favors, and sincerely hoping for 

 a continuance of same in the future. Respectfully yours, 



S. S. Skidelsky 

 R. J. Irwin 



SKIDELSKY & IRWIN CO., a4N. seventh ». Philadelphia 



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i See our Bulb Exhibit at the Convention- 

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had years of experience in that trade, 

 they are qualified to make a first-class 

 success. 



D. J. Tamminqa, who is a grower of 

 onion sets in the territory south of Chi- 

 cago, says that from the progress already 

 made in the harvesting of sets, he is of 

 the opinion that the yield of yellows will 

 be fair, but not the bumper crop some 

 are counting on. Ked and white will be 

 scarce. 



The firm of W. A. Miller & Son has 

 been incorporated at Lynchburg, Va., 

 for the purpose of dealing in field and 

 garden seeds. The maximum capital 

 stock is $30,000; the minimum, $10,000. 

 The oflScers are: President, W. P. Mil- 

 ler ; vice-president, W. J. Pettit ; secretary 

 and treasurer, H. B. Miller, all of Lynch- 

 burg. 



W. Maxwell Green, United States 

 consul at Bermuda, takes an optimistic 

 view of the Harrisii situation. He says: 

 "The director of the botanical sta- 

 tion, with the help of many growers, has 

 practically eliminated hybrid stock, and 

 also the disease with which the Easter 

 lily bulb has been affected. The Ber- 

 muda bulbs that go forward this season 

 may be depended upon as being of a 

 high grade." 



IMPORTS. 



The imports of seed through the port 

 of New York for the week ending Au- 

 gust 1 were as follows: 



Kind. Pkgrs. Val. Kind. Pkgs. Val. 



Annatto 2 | 20 Grass 427 | 7,682 



Anise 1 10 Hemp 150 689 



Caraway ...93 811 Millet 100 270 



Cardamom ..6 222 Mustard ..300 2,471 



Castor ...4,074 13.711 Poppy 30 98 



Clover . . 1,694 32,284 Rape 4 10 



Cummin 10 135 Other 8,915 



Fenugreek .400 1,100 



In the same period the imports of 



bulbs, trees and plants were valued at 

 $8,192. 



THE MIXSON SEED CO. 



The seed business which has for some 

 time been conducted as a department of 

 the Southern Fruit Co., at Charleston, 

 S. C, has been made a separate busi- 

 ness, operating under the name of W. 

 H. Mixson Seed Co. Started eight years 

 ago, the growth of the business necessi- 

 tated this change. There will be no 

 change in management, W. H. Mixson, 

 president and treasurer of the Southern 

 Fruit Co., being the proprietor of the 

 new business. L. Harry Mixson is also 

 connected with the business, and repre- 

 sented the house at the convention of 

 the American Seed Trade Association 

 in Detroit. Mr. Mixson visited the 

 Michigan pea and bean growers at that 

 time and before returning home he also 

 saw the cabbage and other seed then 

 growing on Long Island. Frank D. 

 Stansell, who has been with the seed 

 business of this house since its begin- 



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WIBOLTTS SNOWBALL 

 CAULIf LOWER-SEED 



it the earliMt of 

 all Snovballt, thn 

 . most compact, the [ 

 surest huder. is 

 giving the largest and snow- 

 whitest heads, and is the 

 best keeper in dry-weailier. 

 Demand it through yotir 

 seed-firm or direct from 

 R. WIBOLTT, NAKSKOV, MNIURk] 



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ning, will continue his relations with the 

 W. H. Mixson Seed Co. 



The trial ground which was estab- 

 lished last spring will be operated on 

 a larger plan this fall, as its value was 

 shown. t 



The selling agency of the Charleston 

 Basket & Veneer Manufacturing Co. will 

 also be held by this concern. Most of 

 the empty packages used by the farmers 

 in this and other sections are supplied 

 by this factory. 



NEBRASKA SEED CROPS. 



C. H. Coy, president of the C. Her- 

 bert Coy Seed Co., Valley, Neb., takes 

 a most discouraging view of the situa- 



AZALEA INDICA 



Immense stock of all leading varieties, nicely 

 sbaped and well budded plants. 



ULT OF THK VAU.ET 



Very finest Hambnrgr and Berlin Pips for im- 

 port and from cold storage. 



MAlfKTTI STOCKS 



English and French grown especially for flo- 

 rists' use. 



HOIXAND PLANTS 



Roses, Peonies, Rhododendrons, Box Trees, 

 Clematis, Conifers, etc. 



LILT BULBS 



Japanese. Bermuda and Azores, Dutch and 

 French Hyacinths, etc. 



For particulars and other information please 

 apply to. 



H. FRANK DARROW. 



Import Wlioleaal* 



P. 0. Bex 1260, 26 Barclay St., New Yeik 



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M ^ng JK V ^^ WL CS tor faU deUvery, the best DAIIIQ'orsi 

 fm M #m ■ W^ #m ^^ that are grown, also mLMO deUv 



^^^^^-■-**^ AUGUST HAEIiENS,Soiiiergiiii, 



spring or fall 



delivery, furnished by 



Belgium ; orders 



_ booked now. 



ADDBX88 THE AUXBICAN BKPBK8KNTATIVK8 



AUGUST ROLKER & SONS, 81 BarcUy St., or P. O. Box 762, New York 



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