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ThcWcckly Florists^ Review* 



NOVEMBBR 18, 1909. 



Seed Trade News. 



AMBBICAN SEED TBADE ASSOCIATION. 



Pres., J. 0. Kobinson, Waterloo, Neb.: First 

 Ylce-preB., M. H. Duryea, New York; Sec'y and 

 Treas., 0. M. Kendel, Cleveland, O. 



Reports from both France and Eng- 

 land indicate that the shortage in beet 

 will be even greater than was indicated 

 by earlier advices. 



This is a year in which everyone seems 

 determined to get his catalogue out ear- 

 lier than ever, but in which the arrival 

 of most imported seeds will be later than 

 usual, thereby causing various complica- 

 tions. 



B. H. Tbacy, Wenham, Mass., says he 

 has juit finished harvesting the finest 

 crop of gladiolus bulbs he ever has had, 

 the season having been unusually suc- 

 cessful, the weather conditions nearly 

 perfect. 



The Central Seed & Bulb Co., Benton 

 Harbor, Mich., has purchased ten acres 

 of land and has material on the ground 

 for a greenhouse 15x100 for propagating 

 dahlias, etc. E. S. Thompson is the head 

 of the concern. 



Fboi£ all the tales of shortages — and 

 one hears little else — it might be sup- 

 posed that buyers would be clambering 

 over each other to get at the wholesalers, 

 but the fact is the great body of the 

 trade declines to excite itself. 



Practically all commodities are at 

 about the highest prices ever recorded, 

 the cost of living never was higher and 

 the cost of doing business in the seed 

 trade never was greater, so why shouldn 't 

 we ask for our seeds a better price than 

 last year! 



Our British cousins have had as much 

 trouble harvesting their seed crops as 

 they had planting and growing them — 

 and then some. Not in many years has 

 England had weather so unfavorable for 

 seed crops, and the worst of it has come 

 at harvest time. 



The disclaimer adopted at the Roches- 

 ter convention of the American Seed 

 Trade Association, in 1901, although 

 some American houses think it has fallen 

 a little behind the times, has come to be 

 employed in exact language by most of 

 the large foreign houses. 



All things considered, it appears that 

 California has had, in 1909, a better sea- 

 son for seed crops than any other impor- 

 tant seed producing center in the world. 

 Planting time is again approaching and 

 the Calif oniia growers feel justified in 

 again enlarging their operations. 



One of the unfortunate features of 

 these seasons of seed shortages is the 

 temptation to which it exposes those who 

 have sold crops in advance of harvest. 

 Letters from Europe indicate that the 

 strain in this direction is this year 

 greater than ever and that it is proving 

 too great for some of the brethren. 



At a recent meeting of the floral com- 

 mittee of the General Dutch Bulb Grow- 

 ers' Society, at Haarlem, the following 

 awards were granted: First-class cer- 

 tificates to E. H. Krelage & Son, of 

 Haarlem, for the cactus dahlias Flora, 

 Brigadier and Debutante; award of 

 merit to the same firm for the cactus 

 dahlia Snowstorm. 



TO THB TBADS 



HENRY IMEHE, Qoedlinbors, Germany 



^"^^^^^^^^ (ESTABLISHXD IV 1787) 



Grower and Exporter on the verr largeit seale of all 



CHOICE VEGETABLE, FLOWER and FARM SEEDS 



Bpeolaltles t Beans, Beets, Oabbagres, Carrots, Kobl-Rabl, Leeks, Lettnces, Onions, 

 Peas, Radishes, Spinach, Tarnips, Swedes, Asters, Balsams, Begonias, Carnations, 

 Cinerarias, Gloxinias, Larkspurs, Nasturtiums, Pansles, Petunias, Phlox. Primulas, 

 Scabious, Stocks, Verbenas, Zinnias, etc. Catalogue free on application. 



HKNRT MKTTK'B TRIUMPH OP THK GIANT P4N8IB8 (mixed), the most 

 perfect and most beautiful in the world. $6.00 per oz.; $1.60 per ^-oz.; 76c per 1-16 oz. Postage 

 paid. Cash with order. 



All seeds offered are grown under my personal supervision on my o^^n crounds of 

 more than 8000 acres, and are warranted true to name, of strongest growth, finest 

 stocks and best quality. I also gro-w largely seeds on contract. 



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PLANTS and BULBS 



AUGUST ROLKER & SONS, 31 Barclay St., or P. 0. Box 752, NEW YORK 



for Florists' forcing; Azaleas. Rhododendrons, 

 Lilacs, etc ; Romans, Valleys, Lilies, etc., imported 

 to order; delivery. Fall season 1910. Address 



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F. J. Grootendorst 

 ft Sons 



BOSKOOP, HOLLAND 



Azaleas, Rhododendrons, Qematis, 

 Roses, pot-grown plants for forcing. 

 Buxus, Conifers, Japanese Maples, 



Shrubs, Palms, Bulbs, Etc 



A postal brings oar catalogue. 



LET US QUOTE PRICES 

 ON YOUR LIST OE WANTS 



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ORCHIDS 



Largest Importers. Exporters, Growers 

 and Hybridists in the world. 



SANDER, St. Albans, England 



and 235 Broadway, Room 1, New York aty 



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The state of Idaho is to have a pure 

 seed show, at Caldwell, January 13 

 and 14, 



SMALL CHECKS STILL LEGAL. 



Several inquiries have reached the Ee- 

 viE\f regarding the "new law" that 

 goes into effect January 1 and that many 

 mail order people thiiJc "makes it ille- 

 gal to write a check for less than $1. " 

 The law is as follows: 



No person shall make, issne, circulate, or pay 

 ont any note, check, memorandum, token, or 

 other obligation for a less sum than one dollar. 

 Intended to circulate as money or to be received 

 or used in lieu of lawful money of the United 

 States; and every person so offending shall b« 

 fined not more than |500 or imprisoned not more 

 than six months, or lioth. 



Bemittances for small sums should be 

 made otherwise than by check, for in 

 most instances the banks charge a col- 

 lection fee of 10 cents, but the check 



COLD STORAGE VALLEY 



Very finest grades of Valley for shipment a» 

 desired from New Tork. 



GREENHOUSE PLANTS 



Palms, Bay Trees, Ficns, Araucarias, Aspidis- 

 tras, etc., of choice quality. 



HOLLAND PLANTS 



Roses, Peonies, Rhododendrons, Box Trees. 

 Olematis, Oonifers, etc., at low prices. 



LILY OE THE VALLEY 



Finest grades of Berlin and Hamburg for 

 import. 



H. FRANK DARROW 



p. 0. Box 1250 26 Barday St, NEW YORK 



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Seeds... 



Cauliflower 



Cabbag>e, white and red 



Radish, oval, rose-red, white tipped 



The Best for Zmas ForclnK 



Prices and samples on application. 



D. T. POULSEN, Seed Grower 



79 Roskildevej, Copenhagen, Denmark 



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Seed 



AULIFLOWER 

 A B B A G E 



LILY OF THE VALLEY PIPS 



HJALMAR HARTMANN & CO. 



LoRcangsstraede 20, Copenhagen, Denmark 



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Wanted Buyers 



for a large stock of large-flowering CXEMATIS, 

 pot>Krown, at special prices. Please ask for 

 particulars. 



Guldemond Bros. 



Boskoop, :: Holland 



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for less than $1 does not come under any 

 government ban. The law referred to is 

 not a new one, but a reproduction of one 

 originally enacted July 17, 1862, and 

 which has been included in codifying the 

 criminal code of the United States. It 

 does not make it unlawful to issue a 

 check for a less sum than one dollar ex- 

 cept it be "intended to circulate as 



