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The Florists' Review 



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Seed Trade News 



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AMERICAN SEED TXAOE ASSOCIATION. 

 PresideDt, L. L. Olda, Madlaoo, Wis.; secre- 

 tary-treaiiurer, 0. B. Kendel, OleTsland. 0. 



Ou»EUS for Formosa lily bulbs have 

 bcpii filled in full by sonic importers, 

 wJiilo others are unable to meet more than 

 seventy-five per cent of tlieir reciuirenients. 



llKNKY HkktoIjI, wlui represents the W. 

 W. Barnard Co., ('hieayo, on the road, 

 was called home last week by the death of 

 his mother SeptenduT '_'!!. Tlic funeral 

 was held October '.'>. 



TiiK official roster of the (California 

 Seed Growers ' Association. Inc., San 

 Jose, Cal.. is as follows: President, J). 

 G. Fisher; tiee-president and manager, 

 J. W. Kdmuudsoii ; M. W. Williams, sec- 

 retary. 



]{. A. Vandkkschoot, of New York, re- 

 turned re<-entiy on the S. S. Hyndam from 

 Holland, after a four niontlis' stay in that 

 country, where he combined business and 

 pleasure. He superintcMulecl the sliipjiiiij; 

 of bull)s while abroad. 



A .sHii-MF.NT of three cases of bulbs 

 arrived from Marseilles, France, .'it New 

 York Weptember L*6, on the steamer liraga, 

 consigned to the American Express C'o. 

 On the I'atria, from the same port, came 

 four cases for Maltus \ Ware September 

 27. 



An adilition to the idlicc force of the 

 W. \V. Barnard Co., Chicago, this week 

 was Uoger Howe, a younger brother of 

 President H. B. Howe. He has just com- 

 pleted a two months' course in seed test- 

 ing in the government labor.atories at 

 Wasliington, I). C. 



A CAiiLK received last week from the 

 Japanese headquarters of one of the prin- 

 cij>al im])orters of gigantenms states that 

 bull>s of the 7 to 9 size are procurable 

 only to the extent of eighty-fixc per cent 

 of its orders and of Iflrger sizes only as 

 much as forty jter cent. 



The proceedings of the thirty-ninth an 

 nual convention of the American Seed 

 Trade Association, held at St. Louis last 

 June, form a tliick volume, including 144 

 pages, Ix'sides the j)ortrait leaf of H. G. 

 Hastings .-ind a sturdy cover. The book 

 is evidence of the accuracy and care with 

 whifh C. K. Kendel serves the organiza- 

 tion as secretitry and makes one of the 

 most .attractive volumes among the many 

 that coiilaiii proceedings of tr:ide organi 

 zatioiis. 



Tt is understood in trade circh'S of 

 Seattle. W.-ish., that the t.anglcd affairs of 

 the Kandall McLoughlin ('o.. which re- 

 eently weid into the luinds of .-i rec<'iver. 

 are U-ing cleared up. Fred Gust, north- 

 west n-jin'sentative of the McCalluni Co., 

 Pittsburgh, Pa., has been assisting the re- 

 ceiver in arrixiny at an estimate of the 

 value of the Handiill-McLoughlin Co. hold- 

 ings. It is understood that Mi-. McLough- 

 lin will rei'stablish himself in business, 

 while l{alph Randall will I'Ugage in poid- 

 trv raisin<;. 



HARD TIMES HELP GAKDENING. 



The food shfirt.age in Austria has 

 9tiniul;iti'(l the cultivation of city gar- 

 dens, according to Cared H. Foster, of 

 the American mission !it \'ienna. In 

 lOl-l, .'{,0(((t families were cultivating a 

 total of 'MiS acres in small giirdens in 

 Vienna. The number hiid iiicreased to 

 18,1)00 f.'imilic';, cultivating a total of 



Dutch Bulbs Now Ready 



Subject to being unsold 

 HYACINTHS, 2nd Size 



Per 1000 



Lady Derby $52.50 



Yellow Hammer 52.50 



L'Innocence 52.50 



Grand Maltre 52.50 



La Victoire 52.50 



DOUBLE EARLY TULIPS 



Per 1000 



Murlllo $20.00 



Rubra Maxima 23.00 



Gloria Soils 26.50 



Lucretia 20.00 



Choice Fine Mixed 19.00 



F. O. B. Chicago 

 SINGLE EARLY TULIPS 



Per 1000 



Cottage Maid $27.50 



Keizerskroon 23.00 



Goldfinch 24.00 



Cramoisi Brilliant 21.00 



Choice Fine Mixed 16.00 



DARWIN TULIPS 



Per 1000. 



Clara Butt $23.00 



Remembrance 28.00 



White Queen 28.00 



Splendid Mixture 20.00 



DAFFODILS 



Per 1000 



Emperor D. N $42.50 . 



Poetlcus Ornatus 28.50 



We ship same day order received, and have built our success in bulbs on 



Quality and Service 



Please write for our complete price list on bulbs now ready for distribution. 



Everette R. Peacock Co., 



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