Febbuahx 24, lOlO. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



4) 



Sluis & Geoot, Enkhuizen, Holland, 

 are sending the trade in America a set of 

 large lithographs of their specialties. 



The Grand Junction Seed Co., of 

 Grand Junction, Colo., has been incor- 

 porated with $10,000 capital stock, by- 

 Whit Kozellc, Luther N. White and H. 

 M. Cannon. 



It is the truck ' growers of the south- 

 west who are responsible for the condi- 

 tion of the onion set market; a little 

 later things will be livelier, on both 1909 

 and 1910 crops. 



At Nappanee, Ind., which is in one of 

 the large onion-growing districts, the 

 growers have introduced the custom of 

 holding an annual onion day festival. 

 At the last event of the kind C. A. Dos- 

 well, the florist of the town, won first 

 prize on a show case decoration, repre- 

 senting onions in the field. 



J. Keue, of C. Keur & Sons, Hillegom, 

 Holland, after a two months' trip extend- 

 ing as far west as Denver, says the bulb 

 business this year is better than everj 

 more bulbs are being forced every year,, 

 and the use of bulbs for bedding pur- 

 poses is increasing. Mr. Keur says the 

 new tariff helps the sale of good bulbs, 

 because now the duty on the department 

 stores' mixture is about fifty per cent, 

 while the rate on good florists' sorts 

 amounts to only six to eight per cent at 

 the specific rate of $1 per thousand. At 

 Boston recently Mr. Keur and customers 

 there raised the point at the custom 

 house that hyacinth bulbs should be ad- 

 mitted at 50 cents per thousand under 

 the provision for bulbs not specified. The 

 contention was that the clause, "Hya- 

 cinths, astilbe, dielytra, lily of the valley 

 clumps, $2.50 per thousand," should be 

 interpreted literally; that is, as applying 

 to hyacinth clumps, or^ in other words, 

 to the mother bulb with the clump of off- 

 sets. The contention may get up to the 

 board of general appraisers, but it is 

 doubtful if it can be made to stick. 



THE PIETERS-WHEELER SEED CO. 



Articles of incorporation have been 

 filed with the secretary of state of Cali- 

 fornia for the incorporation of the 

 Pieters-Wheeler Seed Co., which will take 

 over the seed growing business of A. J. 

 Pieters, at Hollister, Cai The stock was 

 subscribed in the entirety by the follow- 

 ing, who are also directors: 



President — A. J. Pieters. 



Vice-President-^H. M. Pieters. • 



Secretary — L. W. Wheeler. 



Mr. Wheeler is well known in the 

 seed trade, having been for some time 

 manager of Vaughan's Seed Store, New 

 York, and for the past three years iden- 

 tified with California seed growing in- 

 terests, having been with the Braslan 

 Seed Growers' Co. and having repre- 

 sented A. J. Pieters during the past 

 season. 



IMPORTS. 



The imports of seeds through the port 

 of New York for the week ending Feb- 

 ruary 12 were as follows: 



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



Annatto 175 $2,238 Lycopodlum 10$ 747 



Caraway 15 361 Mustard ... 500 3,978 



Cardamom... 11 267 Poppy 1,312 6,873 



Castor 447 1,832 Rape 115 944 



Fennel 74 567 Sugar beet. 300 2,006 



Crass 811 6,250 Other 3,353 



In the same period the imports of 

 bulbs, trees and plants were valued at 

 $1,992 ; peas, $3,601, and beans, $16,566. 



'NOT HOW CHKAF- 



BUT HOW GOOD" 



HORSESHOE BRAND 

 PRODICTS 



Do not read Ads. to contradict; nor to believe and 

 take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but 

 to weigh and consider. Some are to be glanced at, 

 because they never change, others to be read (with 

 passing interest) , but not seriously, and some few to 

 be read wholly and with diligence and attention. 



There Are Reasons 



why Horseshoe Brand Japan Bulbs are of superior 

 quality. First of all they are produced from the 

 healthiest seed bulbs in the world. They are planted 

 and cultivated by experienced hands under expert 

 supervision; not simply to obtain a bulb of exportable 

 size, but to produce a bulb of superior quality as well. 

 The way to convince yourself is to try them, and we 

 would like to supply Lily Growers with at least a part 

 of their needs for fall delivery this year. Order now 

 if possible. 



Write for prices and other particulars. 



Ralph M. Ward & Co. 



1 2 West Broadway, New York 



Representing 

 SEITARO ARAI, Yokohama, Japan 



Not How Cheap 

 Bat How 6ood 



