October 20, 1908. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



35 



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 Delivering Full Pro Rata of Crops on all Contracts 



LEONARD SEED COMPANY, - CHICAGO 



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A HANDSOME FLOAT. 



Paul F. Eichter forwarded the Eeview 

 a photograph of the float representing 

 the Henry F. Michell Co; in the indus- 

 trial parade at Philadelphia, October 7. 

 The illustration gives an excellent view 

 of the beautiful effect created and needs 

 only a few explanatory words. The field, 

 12x20, was entirely of natural grass; 

 the center, of red and white tulips and 

 blue hyacinths, the national colors. The 

 pillars were surrounded by blue hyacinths 

 and yellow and draped with the city 

 colors. Specimen Boston ferns surmount- 

 ed the posts, and ^ handsome evergreen 

 was placed behind the driver. Philip 

 Freud, who designed the float, has mod- 

 estly refrained from appearing. No 

 other seed house participated. 



ASTER SEED CROPS. 



Keferring to our aster seed crops, 

 would say that we are in the midst of 

 harvesting and up to this time have been 

 unable to say much about the crop, but 

 we now think that we have a fair idea 

 in regard to it. 



The indications now are that we will 

 have less than an average crop of aster 

 seed this season. The long continued 

 drought has caused the plants to mature 

 very rapidly and in consequence the seed 

 yield will be much lighter. Queen of the 

 Market, all colors, will be a heavy crop. 

 Daybreak, Purity and all the late branch- 

 ing varieties will be a short crop. Not- 

 withstanding the short crop, we expect to 

 be in a position to fill all of our con- 

 tracts in full. ViCK & Hill Co. 



SEED WAREHOUSE COLLAPSES. 



The floors in a section of one of the 

 warehouses of the Illinois Seed Co., 236 

 Johnson street, Chicago, collapsed at 

 about 9 p. m., October 23, when no one 

 was about except the watchman, who was 

 not in the part that collfipsed. A section 

 in the center of the building, about 

 30x50 feet, went down, all four floors 

 giving way, and piling up possibly ten 

 cars of grass seeds in the break. The 

 basement was pretty well filled up with 

 stock, so the first floor had only a couple 

 of feet to fall to receive support. The piles 

 of bags on each floor in turn partly 

 supported the floor above, so that it was 

 only the fourth floor that went down any 

 distance. On the fourth floor the floor- 

 ing on the west side of the break, being 

 laid without breaking the joints, parted 

 cleanly from the joist, while the east 

 side held, tobogganing the stock into 

 the break. The walls of the building 

 remained intact and, indeed, piles of 

 bags almost on the edge of the break 

 on the different floors were not dis- 

 turbed. The seed was principally country 

 lots of timothy, with some clover and 

 mustard. Quite a few bags were torn, 

 but no great loss is anticipated on this 

 score, as machining would have been 

 done anyway. The bursting of the water 

 pipes put about an inch of water in the 

 basement before the flow could be cut 

 off, and some loss will result on this ac- 

 count. 



The building was one which had been 



C. C. NORSE & CO. 



48-56 Jackson St., Sail FranciscOf Cat* 



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Onion, Lettuce, Sweet Peas 



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Carrot, Celery, Leek, Mustard, Parsley, Parsnip, Radish, Salsify 



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YOU will be satisfied with the products of 



Burpee's "Seeds that Grow" 



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THE EVEREH B. CLARK SEED CO. 



BEANS, PEAS, SWEET CORN, ONION, BEET, TURNIP, ETC. 



miford. Conn. 

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 Bister Bay, Wis. 



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Waldo Rohneri 



GILROY, CAL. 



Wholesale Seed Grower 



Specialties: Lettnce, Onion, Sweet Peas, Aster. 

 Cosmos. Migmonette, Verbena, in variety. Oor 

 respondence solicited. 



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SEATiLTiE, WASH. 

 Growers of 



PUGET SOUND CABBAGE SEED 



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occupied only since May 1, 1908, and 

 the owner had remodeled and strength- 

 ened it to carry the heavy loads incident 

 to the seed business. The city building 

 department had made an inspection and 

 pronounced it safe, but the department's 

 cards, showing the permissible load, had 

 not been put up. A few hundred dol- 

 lars will repair the building. The build- 

 ing is just south of the one heretofore 

 occupied and access to the railroad 

 switch was across the collapsed section, 

 so tliat receiving and shipping were in- 

 terfered with for a few days. It was 

 stated that about 150 cars of seeds were 

 in the two buildings at the time of the 

 collapse, with eight or ten on track next 

 day. Much of the stock also is stored 

 outside, but less this season than in the 

 past. The business, under the presi- 

 dency of George S. Green, is growing 

 rapidly. 



8.M.ISBELL&CO. 



JACKSON, MICH. 



Contract Seed Growers 



BEAN, CUCUMBER, TOMATO 



Radish, Pea, Musicmelon 

 Squash, Watermelon, Sweet Com 



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 ^^V for Inunedlate Slilpment 



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PEAS »' BEANS 



ALFRED J. BROWN SEED CO. 



Growers for the Wholesale Trade 



GRAND- RAPIDS, - - MICH. 



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BUSINESS IN BULBS. 



Referring to the business in Dutch 

 bulbs, which in normal seasons is draw- 

 ing toward a close at this date, Harry A. 

 Bunyard, with Arthur T. Boddington, 

 New York, says: 



"With regard to the surplus of bulbs 

 this season, we are afraid that we are 

 like the small boy who said, 'There ain't 

 goin' to be no core.' Speaking from our 

 own experience this season, we find bulbs 

 moving rapidly, and we have had to cable 

 several additional orders, besides buying 

 a quantity in this country to fill our 

 orders. We are also being continually 

 asked for stock by dealers, whose orders 

 we reluctantly have to turn down. We 

 do not think there has been much surplus 

 so far in the bulb business this season, 



