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NOVDUBER 4, 1009. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



45 



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A healthy Gigranteum plant, ahowing: seed bulbs at base of Mtem. 

 These seedis will produce good, healthy, marketable bulbs in from 

 three to four years after planting. 



Are You Customer 

 Or Client? 



A client is one who buys regularly — an active 

 account. A customer is one who buys once— a 

 transient account. A client is a vital part of the 

 good will of a firm, whereas a customer is not. 

 We welcome the customer of course, because it 

 is by securing customers that we make clients. 

 Naturally a client has a decided advantage, 

 being part of the organization. His require- 

 ments, his peculiarities and manner of doing 

 business are better known and respected, and 

 business with him is conducted very easily and 

 to mutual advantage. 



When a client buys Bulbs, he realizes he is 

 making an investment; whereas a customer 

 generally considers it a mere purchase or specu- 

 lation. We make clients out of nine-tenths of 

 our customers because Horseshoe Brand Bulbs 

 are as good an investment as a capable grower 

 can make in his business. They bring the best 

 returns when properly handled. 



We import all kinds of Bulbs, some Plants, 

 Nursery Stock, and 

 such odds and ends 

 as Bamboo Canes, 

 Cycas, Stone Lan- 

 terns, etc. 



Write us. 



Ralph M. Ward & Co 



12 West Broadway, New York 



Representing SEITARO ARAI, Yokohama, Japan 



Now is the time to order your Cold Storage Lily Bulba for delivery during 1910. 



Not how cheap 

 But how good 



Mention The Review when you write. 



VIRGINIA BULB GROWERS. 



D 'Alcorn & Sons, the bulb growers of 

 Portsmouth, Va., have leased their green- 

 houses and land to the Hubert Bulb Co., 

 of that city, and are now located at Con- 

 gress Heights, D. C, in the Randall 

 mansion. They only arrived September 

 6 and have up to the present turned eight 

 acres of golden rod into a bulb garden. 

 Being too late to get houses erected, they 

 bought 100 sashes of the Sunlight Dou- 

 ble Sash Co., Louisville, Ky. 



It will be remembered that D 'Alcorn 

 & Sons bought out the American Bulb 

 Co., of Petersburg, recently. This busi- 

 ness they have resold to the Hubert Bulb 

 Co., and so the whole industry in this 

 country is now in the hands of three 

 Englishmen. 



THE VALUE OF SEEDS. 



Views of Seedsmen's League. 



The values of seeds as suggested by 

 the directors of the Wholesale Seeds- 

 men's League have now become available 

 to the general seed trade, having been 

 held back for one week from those not 

 members of the organization, by motion 

 adopted by the Board. The secretary's 

 circular is as follows: 



Secretary's office, Bristol, Pa., 



October 21, 1909. 

 On Wednesday, the 20th of October, conse- 

 quent upon a call issued by the secretary by 

 direction of President F. W. Bruggerhof, a 

 special meeting of the board of directors of the 

 Wholesale Seedsmen's League was held at the 

 Hardware Club, New York City, to consider the 

 subject of wholesale trade Talues of seeds as In- 

 fluenced by the conditions of the past summer. 



WANTED 



An Experienced Seed Man 



Who is capable of filling different 

 positiona in the house, and who can 

 also sell goods on the road. In reply- 

 ing be explicit, giving full particulars 

 as to experience, ability and character; 

 also give references. 



NORTH RUP, KING & CO., 

 Seedamen, Minneapolis, Minn. 



Of the nine directors, seven were present, 

 while the other two were represented by al- 

 ternates. The board for the day was composed 

 as follows: 



F. W. Bruggerhof, representing J. M. Thor- 

 burn & Ck). 



C. H. Breck, representing Joseph Breck & 

 Sods. 



