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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



.h \i; -.".I. I'll I. 



Seed Trade News. 



AMEBICAN SEED TBADE ASSUCIATKIN. 



I'rcH., lji'Oimr<l II. \ Miii.'lii\n, Cliiciiiro; I'iist \icc- 

 rrcs., M. H. Duivia. Niw YoiU (ily; Src'v arnl 

 'Irtiis., ('. !•:. Kiii(li-1. CI.'v.'liirKl, O. 



TiiK (Toil jiis|u'i-t(iis ai'c ;ifi('l<l in foic:o. 



•SwiOK/r cuKN' :niil tlic \iii(' seed •-•i<i|)S 

 will lie tilt' next tliiiii; 1lic :inxi(iiis will 

 want reports on. 



iiKAN'.s lia\(> j^diic into llio yroniid in 

 Ljood slii(])e and as a ;;i'iii'ral tliini; yood 

 stands aro rcjiortcd. 



TllK northern Mirhijian tanners ar(' 

 icjiortetl to Ik' still busy jilantiny late 

 jiotatoes. Tlie recent liiyh prices of Miat 

 I'oninioility evidently make tliem feel tiiat 

 it will pay to take ehanees. 



TrK.Mi' seed ami Ixans aic in yood de- 

 mand at jiresent. It is said that 'Mivinif 

 |>rices'' are lieiriy pnid for these articles 

 also, which is a help to those lixin;.; at a 

 distance from ^larlilehead, Mass. 



TllK onion crops in the marsh districts 

 ot' Ohio and Indiana are re|)orte(| t > lii' 

 ^Mfferinjj;; it is insect jiests no\\ w!iicli 

 ■M'em to lie (de.aniny np ^vhat plants the 

 wiail storms eailier in 4he season left 

 vtandiny. 



.1. ]■]. Hdoi'Ks i^- ('(I., on Muscatine 

 Islaml, out in Jo\\a, have had a hard 

 time to yet their ]ie|>per fields starte(l 

 this season. It tuiiied so hot the jtiants 

 scalded and droiiiied. They icjilanted 

 three times liefore they could f^et a yootl 

 stand. I)ronyht has lieen a se\-ere handi- 

 cap to all crops ill their rejrion. 



TiiK ^Iichi<ian lailish crops are re- 

 porte(l to he doiny well. The acreaye is 

 short of last year, .-ind the weather at the 

 ~tart was not as fa\(>i;ilile as it iniyhl 

 havt> been, lint the soil in the sections 

 wher<' the best growers operate is well 

 adapted to this croji and it icsponds 

 • piicklv when conditions become season- 

 able. 



TllK Treasury l)epartmeiit h;is issued 

 its ;innnal instructions to coll(>ctois of 

 customs to forward twii-oiince samjiles of 

 .ill importations of KM) ponmis or more 

 of ;;rass, clover ami foraj^e jilaiit seed- 

 to the Department of .Xyriciilt ure for 'x- 

 ;nnination. This ordei- is to hold yii(.d 

 t hiou<ilioiit the fi~-cal Near emiiiii; .lime 

 .;o. I'.UL'. 



Ir seems to be too early lo o,.t -luy 

 ihini; delinite as to the pea crojis. lie 

 |ioits aic varied, the dilfereiit sections 

 -liowin^ dilfereiit conditioiis and all iiohl 

 iiil; oil for the iiiexitabie somelliinL; tiiat 

 ic'icjii's -.oiuier or l:i1er to cut the crop, 

 riic . Iiaii'-es seem to be even that thin;^s 

 will be IIP wor^r than last year, and it is 

 iiii|ii'il that lliry ^\ill piiAe to be some 

 '\ hit 111 i lei-. 



Tin: ('liir:iL;ii ouniii ^d crup ha> been 

 liuit coii^idrra illy b\- the ma;^;:ot during 

 I lie last wcel^. l^lnitc a I'l-w acl'es have 

 hci'u ploixed lip ••ind tlicic an- nioii' to 

 lolliiw it' condili'iiiv dii iMil cliaii'.;c. 'i'lic 

 ^veccU ha\;' li.TU .'! Miiirc-c ot' a iino\ aiicc, 

 :il-o. and 1 he onllnok 1-^ iKit a- ciicoiir.'iy 

 iii^ as it \\;i'- M'\cial weeks at;o. The 

 ac|-e;iee In vt;iri willi wa-- miicji less than 

 il \\a~: last year and, .'ilthoiii^h the stand 

 •ii the lieL;iiiiiiMe \\;is better, the present 

 ■ ■ 'iidi'ion ot' the crop is much below i:or- 

 'iial. A two thirds crop is •iboiit :ill that 

 ihe erowei'- count lUi iiie,\, and to j^et this 

 MiMili the crop will nee(| to keep i-iL:lll oil 



.j.iiin: it> bc'-t. 



Wai.tku Mott has joined the road force 

 of Win. I'llliott iV Sons, New York. 



Tin; l';ii<ilish seed ijrowers lia\e had a 

 diy season to last mail, sweet jieas haviiij; 

 sulVereil as much as anythinj^. 



I'lll-: i-eoiiard Seed Co. has eiilareed 

 its Chicauo jilaiit l."),itOi' siuiare feet by 

 takiiH^ in nunilxn' lilili West Kiii/.ie street. 



SwKKT ])eas in California and "harden 

 jieas in Micdiin.an and other sections ar<> 

 about all in the same class — no full crojis 

 anywhere. 



Jt is reported that Ti. H. Kansoin. of 

 Columbus, ()., is orj,'aniy.in;>' a seed com- 

 pany and has decided to establish his 

 headipiarters at Champaign, 111. 



F. \V. KosKK. until recently with the 

 l'"armers' Se(Ml & Nursery Co., Faribault, 

 .Minn., has becomt' manaf;er for the miii- 

 nesota Seed Co., New ITm, Minn. 



Ik J'^'aiice has anothi'r ]ioor crop of 

 ladisli this year, prices are likely to ad- 

 v.aiice sharply. Reports from California 

 indicate no unusually heavy sup]>lies 

 from that s(>ctioii, and known acreage in 

 Michigan is liyhter than last yt>ar. 



Leonard H, Vaughan. 



(l"n-iilent AiiierlcBii .soed Trade .Association.; 



TllK ojit iiiiistic- (hicayoan notes that 

 the central west continues to ;id\ance 

 st< adily as a seed yrowinj; section. lie 

 thinks that in i\\\r time the mellow prai 

 lies of the -tales triipiitarv io the ''mi'at 

 i-eiitr;il markel '' will be the seed garden 

 ot t he w orhl. 



TllK ilisecl icicle act ot' I'.Ho uiake- it 

 the duly of the .Secretary of Aiiriciili iii e 

 to exclude tiiiin lliis c-niintrv impiu'tat ions 



ot' i l|s,.ct ici(it s III t'llllLricKies tji;i| do Mot 

 collie Up to the rei|uirenien1 - ot' the I'w, 

 and the Secii't:ir\ nl' ijie Treasurv li.is 

 just issued order- in:ikiii;^ the reL;ula:'ons 

 for ;;atheiine saiiijih s. ,.tc., under the 

 pure food law apply also to impoi1:it Ion s 

 ot' i ii-ect icides ami f line iciilcs. 



Tin: I'liiled Slates S | ('n,. ,,t' [•''le- 



donia. \. ^'.. ;iiii| >an Antonio. Tex., has 

 est ;iblisliec| ;i bi;nicli ;ilsii ;it Memphis, 

 Teiiii.. with otlii-es at the cni iier ot' l'"ront 

 street :iml (iayoso a\eniie. The com- 

 |iany's oeneral man;i^er. I'. M. lun'sch, 

 ot' l''iedo1iia. has recently 1 n in Mem- 

 phi-, takine teiiipiuaiy charee of ;ill';iirs 

 ('liailes .lackmaii. also (d' l-'redonia, has 

 been a|ipoiiited manaeer ot' the Menyiliis 

 bl'ilich. 



W. Al'l.KK lil'Ki'KK, jiresidenf of th.' 

 National Sweet I'l'a Society of .\jnerica. 

 will not be able to preside .it this week's 

 coineutioii at I'hiladelphia. After the 

 <late hail been set as originally, .Uiiie 'J;i 

 and \1\. he arranged a trip to Knrojie and 

 sailed from .New \drk .Iniie !.'>>, accoin 

 jianied by .Mrs. liurpee and their sons. 



.No longer satisfied \\itli selling both 

 the seed trade and the florists in the 

 Cnited States, some of the Holland bulb 

 houses are this season i^oiny after the 

 orders from the j^cneral public. The Gar 

 den Magazine for duly contains the ad 

 \ertisements of four such bulb exporters 

 and one Overxeen firm offers "bulbs 

 direct by parcids |io,st. from the Holland 

 grower, orders of i*=l and abo\e c;irri;iffe 

 free. ' ' 



THE MARBLEHEAD MEETING. 



I'l'lic ic|i.irls of iiiliicrs :mi(1 cniiiinlttcps, ossaj?-. 

 "Ic., wcic ciivt'i'cd ill llic iicciiUlit (if tile rolivcii 

 lii'ii piililislicd nil Iliis ii:i>rc l;ist week. I 



Officers Elected. 



rresident Leonard II. N'auyhan, Chi 

 cayii. 111. 



first \ice jiresideiit - .Miirshall II. 

 Duryea, New '^'ork city. 



Second vice-president — Kdy;ir (iree 

 oiy, .Marblehead, .Mass. 



Secretary treasurer ( '. \',. Ixendej. 

 < le\(daml,'(). 



.\ssistant secretary .1. il. I'ord. Ka 

 \eiiiia, (). 



I'lxecuti\e committee K. L. I'aye. 

 Ciceiie. .N. W; ixirby H. White, Detroit. 

 .Mich.: C. C. Massie, Minneapolis, Minn.; 

 Ileiiry Niiniresser, New ^'ork; C. V. 

 Wood, Louis\ille, i\y. 



Memberslii|i committee — .-Mbert Me- 

 Culloujfh, Cimdniiati; Charles N. Paye. 

 Des .Moines, la.; .1. W. Mav, .\l<>xanilria, 

 \'a. 



Position of Disclaimer. 



Ill The Keview for duly 2S, 1910, 

 there appeared the following item: 



,\ii iitli>i-ncy wlinsc s|ifciiill.v is cciniiiifrclHl la-.v 

 stales lli:it nil |i;ilt iil wliii' iiiii.v In- piiuted ou ii 

 Iclii rliiMil is ;i ii.irt nf a cdiiliiict >iiilcs« it be 



liilw I tlic dale line .iiid llic siKHatiiic. cxofiil 



a icfiTeiicc appears lift ween IIkisc parts to prar 

 licallv liiliiK tlic cnitsiilc wmcls within llio IhxI.v 

 of tlic li'Mcr itself. This wmilcl appl.v to tin- iioii 

 wairant.v clause as printed en most s<'<»<lsm<'ii'- 

 -1:1 1 1 iv. 



This was the subject of consideralde 

 discussion aniony the trade and manv 

 letters reached 'I'he Review, from seeds 

 men who wanted further information. 

 These were mivised that the opinion 

 was based, amoiiji other thing's, on a 

 decision of the Sii|ireme Court of Hli 

 iiois in which it w:is held that ''printeil 

 matter in a letter head lOriiis no part 

 of the letter written on the sheet, iiiid 

 will not ipialifx ;in absolute contract 

 which results t'rom an accepf.-iiice of an 

 olVer by such letter.'* See 1."):! 111.. Klli. 

 As ,1 result some ot' the trade printed 

 -tatiiinery on whiih the disclaimer aj' 

 pears just below where the tyjieuritei 

 |iUts 1 he W (irds ' ' I »e;ir .Sif>,. 



I'l-t'sident I'ai^e. in his annual ad 

 dress, referred to the impoitaiice ot 

 this point and liter in the weidv there 

 was a eeiieral iliscussioii ot' it. witli tin- 

 result that a ciiiiiiiiittee consistine- ni 

 t'lirtis N\e Smith, attorney for the as 

 soei.ation; Kirby I'.. White, of I). M. 

 I"err\ I.V. Cu.. and S. I'. Leonanl, oi 

 heoiiard Seeil Co., \\;(s ;ippointe<I to 

 consider and re|iort on the need foi 

 the eeneral adoption of the new posi 

 tion t'or the disclaimer. 



Dodging the Duties. 



'file liearine on pure seed bills held at 

 Wash i ijetciii. I'ebruaiv L'. Iltll, had an 



