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The Florists^ Review 



OCTOBKB 3. 1912. 



closed, but it is stated the new building 

 will cost upwards of $100,000. 



Visited New York: E. H. James, 

 St. Georges, Bermuda. 



B. M. Priddy has purchased an inter- 

 est in the seed and plant business of E. L. 

 Johnson, at Lagrange, Ga. 



Peter Henderson & Co., New York, 

 received 200 bags of spinach seed on the 

 boat from Bottterdam September 23. 



The stock of the Chicago Dock Co., 

 one of Chicago's big warehouse concerns, 

 is owned by the All^rt Dickinson family. 



The Central Feed and Seed Store, 

 Wichita, Kan., has been placed in the 

 hands of a receiver on request of an east- 

 ern incubator manufacturer. 



Julius Loewith, of Loewith, Larsen 

 & Co., New York, has returned from 

 Europe, after visiting the most impor- 

 tant growing sections of clover, grass 

 and field seeds. 



The Pennsylvania State College Agri- 

 cultural Experiment Station has issued 

 Bulletin No. 116, "Corn Growing in the 

 East," which will be of interest to some 

 in the seed trade. 



The warehouse of Messrs. Cartons, 

 Ltd., seed merchants, of Warrington, 

 England, which was burnt down at the 

 end of April, has now been rebuilt. The 

 building contains seven floors, each 

 60x185, with a total superficial area of 

 69,660 feet, capable of storing 10,000 

 tons of seed. 



The Shugart-Ouren Seed Co., Council 

 Bluffs, la., reports an increase of over 

 thirty per cent in its business for 1912, 

 the sales reaching $250,000, and is look- 

 ing for a still larger season in 1913. The 

 business was established in 1893. It is 

 now a corporation, with the following 

 oflicers: President, C. G. Ouren; vice- 

 president, F. B. Davis; secretary, John P. 

 Davis; treasurer, A. P. Schofield. 



BUMOB DENIED. 



J. M. Thorburn & Co., New York, 

 make prompt denial of a report cur- 

 rent in Philadelphia in the early part 

 of the week, to the effect that their 

 corporation has been purchased by Sut- 

 ton & Sons, of Beading, England. Thor- 

 burn & Co. say there is absolutely no 

 fundation for the story, with which was 

 coupled the further report that Alex- 

 ander Forbes, who has just resigned 

 as manager for Peter Henderson & Co., 

 after twenty-five years of service in 

 that capacity, had been appointed 

 manager of Sutton's American inter- 

 ests. 



When the rumor reached The Beview 

 the following telegram was sent to 

 Thorburn & Co.: 



Reported yonr firm purchased by Sutton and 

 Alexander Forbes appointed manager. Please 

 conflrm. Mark the telegram collect night press 

 rate. 



The response was prompt and un- 

 equivocal. It read: 



Report absolutely without foundation.— J. M. 

 Tborbnm & Co. 



OATAJjOOUES eeceived. 



■■ The Phoenix Nursery Co., Blooming- 

 ton, HI., wholesale list; Wm. Elliott & 

 Sons, New York, N. Y., bulbs, seeds 

 and plants; Colorado Seed & Nursery 

 Co., Denver, Colo., bulbs and plants; 

 McCray Eefrigerator Co., Kendallville, 

 Ind., florists' refrigerators; Perry's 

 Hardy Plant Farm, Enfield, England, 



-TOTHKTBADB- 



HENRY IMEHE, anedlinbui^ Gennany 



^^^^^^"^^^ (ESTABUSHED IN 1787) 



Growar and Exporter on tli* very larsoBt soale of all 



CHOICE VEGETABLE, FLOWER and FARM SEEDS 



■poolaltlosi Beans, Beeti. Cabbages, Carrota. Kohl-Rabi, Leeks. Lettuces, Onions, 

 Paas, Badlslias, Spinach, Turnips, Swedes, Astara. Balsams, Befonlas, Camationi. 

 Cinerarias, Olozlnias, Larkspars, Nasturtiums. Panslaa. Petonlas.Fhlox. Primulas. Scabious. 

 Btookat Verbenas, Zinnias, etc. Catalotue free on application, 



HKKBT MKTTK'B TRIUMPH OF THK GXAMT PANSIK8 (mixed), the most per> 

 feet and most beautiful in the world. $5.00 per oz. : $1.50 per H oz. ; 76c per 1/16 oz. Postage 

 paid. Cash with order. 



All seeds offered are grown under my personal snperrlslon on my own vast grovnAm, 

 and are warranted true to name, of strongest growth, finest stocks and best quality. X also 

 grow largaly aaada on contract. 



Mention Tbe Review wben you write. 



PLANTERS AMATEURS NURSERYMEN 



WRITE FOR OUR GENERAL ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE 



FURST'S NURSERIES 



JETTE, BELGIUM 



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VAN GRIEKEN'S BULBS, ^^^s^S^^ 



HlKh.cnula Hyacinths, TuUps, Narclssna. irA VAN GRIEK^ 



Crocus, ato. Writa for Catatosua. ■*" •'"' ««U««Mint 



Mention The Review wben you write 



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SEEDS 



(Garden, Farm or Flower) 



Write to 



KELWAY & SON, Langport, Eng. 



Mention Ttae Ueview when you write. 



14 Qold and 16 Silver Medals In 4 

 years for 



DELPHINIUMS 



Largest collection in Europe. 100,000 plants ready 

 to sell. Also seed of same. Lists free. 



PERRY'S HARDY PLANT FARM 

 lEnfflald, MIddlaaax, Encland 



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O. & Th. De Raeve 



Chaussee d'Anvers 313-4n2 

 Mont St. Amand, Qhent, Belgium 



Growers and Exporters of 



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BariTrees, Araacaria, Kentia, Beeonia, etc. 



Special prices open request. 



McBtioa The B«t1«w wImb 70a mite. 



bulbs and tubers, with a separate list 

 of delphiniums. 



DUTCH BULBS. 



The boat from Eotterdam which 

 reached New York September 21 

 brought 431 cases of bulbs consigned 

 to B. F. Lang. 



The boat which reached New York 



September 23 brought the following 



consignments of Holland bulbs: 



Consignee. Cases. 



Kuyper, P. C, & Co 9 



Maltus & Ware 92 



Stumpp & Walter Co 20 



Elliott Auction Co 4 



Tlce & Lynch 18 



Ward, B. M., & Co 6 



Lung, R. P 12 





MentloD Tbe Review when yoa write. 



If You Are Looking for Quality 



in Dutch Bulbs, we want your busi- 

 ness — if not, we ask you to kindly 

 ignore this advertisement. 



Gt. van Waveran it Kruiiff 



Amkbioam Bbavoh Houbx 

 140 N. ISth Straat, PHIIAOELPH Jl. PA. 



Mention The RcTlew when jaa write. 



German Stock Seeds 



A GRAND SPECIALTY 



Price list on applloatfam 



PAUL TBCHQt, Striegau, Genmny 



(Udaat Bpaoial Hona* 



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PEAS CROP 1912 



Our Hlsh-claaa Stacfca 



Wlien you are buying, please apply to 



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