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48 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Max 25, 1011. 



A FAIR YEAR. 



The Best Ever for Some. 



With most of the mail order seeds- 

 men the early months of the season of 

 1911 proved more or less of a disap- 

 pointment, but the latter part of April 

 and the first part of May gave a much 

 better volume of orders than usually 

 come so late; the season did not run 

 off nearly so fast as it frequently does 

 after the big day has passed. It was 

 a season largely affected by weather 

 conditions; the weather remained cool 

 later than usual, midsummer following 

 the first few spring days. Here are 

 reports from some of the catalogue 

 houses: 



H. W. Buckbee, Rockford, 111. 



Business so far this season has been 

 fair, but not up to that of 1910. 



Gregory & Son, Marblehead, Mass. 



This has not been a bang-up year for 

 the seed trade. The trade during Feb- 

 ruary, March and April was about 20 

 per cent less than last year; the first 

 part of May was somewhat better than 

 last year, although it did not make up 

 for the loss the early part of the 

 season. 



Johnson Seed Co., Philadelphia. 



The mail order business has not been 

 up to last year, although it is hold- 

 ing on better than it did then, and as 

 our season here is five or six weeks 

 late, we may be able to bring it up 

 to the previous year. We, of course, 

 are very much rushed with counter and 

 nearbj' wholesale trade at present. 



Northrup, King & Co., Minneapolis. 



The first half of our mail order sea- 

 son was not quite as heavy as usual, 

 but toward the end trade is very much 

 better, and, on the whole, compares fa- 

 vorably with other seasons. 



Walter P. Stokes, Philadelphia. 



The seed trade with me was unusu- 

 ally good during January, February 

 and up to the middle of March. The 

 unseasonably cold weather at that time 

 gave it a setback, which lasted until 

 the middle of April, and business dur- 

 ing that period was very much retard- 

 ed from what it should have been. 

 Since then we are catching up, but 

 I do not believe the season will show 

 any adrance in volume over last year. 



W. Atlee Burpee, Philadelphia. 



January and February were both a 

 little ahead of a year ago, but March, 

 of course, was behind March of last 

 year, when we had such abnormally 

 warm weather. April showed consid- 

 erable gain and now in May the in- 

 crease in mail orders over a year ago 

 is something phenomenal. Altogether 

 I should say that the volume of busi- 

 ness will be practically the same as a 

 year ago- This certainly leaves noth- 

 ing for any reasonable man to com- 

 plain of, as last year's business was 

 probably the largest in the seed trade 



'lol^r^ S«d4i*is/«Des ^i^SJSki^ 



During January, February and April 

 we received about ten per cent more 

 orders each month than during the cor- 

 responding months last year, but they 

 did not amount to quite so much money, 

 as the orders averaged smaller. Dur- 

 ing March there was a decrease of 



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 Per 5000, SO. 00 

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Kentia Behnoreana I'er 1000 O.OO 



Kentia Forsteriana Per lOCO, 7.00 



Pandanus Utilis Per 1000, 7.00 



Asparagus Plumosus Nanus, new crop of greenhouse-grown seeds — plump, 

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Per 10,000 35.00 



For larger quantities, ask better prices. 



0. V. ZANGEN, Seedsman, HOBOKEN, N. J. 



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We feel confident that this strain is not equaled in this country ; it ia the result of rears 

 of selections. Oz., 60o; ^4 lb., $1.50; lb., $6.00. 



Fottier, Hske, Rawson Co., .£:'?<"sr'IL^. Boston, Mass. 



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 Wisconsin Qreenhouse Qrown. 



Kot to be compared with the inferior California and 

 Florida outdoor grrown seed. 



1000 seeda, $4.00: 6000. $18.75; 10.000. $35.00 



G. H. HUNKEL CO. •.• SEEDSMEN 



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 wbolesale Growers 



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Gnwer fir 

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 lilt Trade 



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P. 0. Bm 613 



ROCHESTER. N. Y. 



Growers of high grade 



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When in the market for 

 quality Btock, write us. 



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KtVea Junction, Mich. 



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100 seeds. 50c: SOO seeds. $2.00: 1000 seeds. tS.BO; 



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Sprenceri, 29c per 2S0 seeds: 7Bc per 1000 seeds; 



12.75 per 5000 seeds. 



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 Seeds ' 



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 Market Gardeners 



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