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ThcWcckly Florists^ Review* 



January 25, 1912. 



Seed Trade News. 



AMEHIOAN SEED TRAOB ABSOOIATION. 



Eres., Leonard H. VauKhaii, Chicago; First Vlce- 

 Pree., M. H. Duryea, New York City; Sec'y and 

 Treas., C. E. Kendel. Cleveland, O. 



Thlrtletli annual convention, Cliicago, June 26 to 

 27. 1912. 



The death of William Deal, the well 

 known English seedsman, is reported in 

 this week's obituary column. 



Wm. F. Lange has opened a seed store 

 at 805 Meade street, Appleton, Wis., 

 where he will specialize in garden and 

 flower seeds. 



Graver Dickson Seed Co. is the name 

 of a new $100,000 corporation, which 

 filed its papers at Buffalo, N. Y., De- 

 cember 30, 1911. 



The North Wisconsin Seed Co., of 

 Eau Claire, has been incorporated, with 

 $15,000 capital. The incorporators are 

 T. B. Keith, A. J. Keith and Ben F. 

 Faast. 



On the whole the retail catalogues are 

 priced pretty much on a level, but on a 

 few items there is such wide variation, 

 especially on carrot, that it can hardly 

 fail to be noted by seed planters. 



Arnold Eingier, secretary of the W. 

 W. Barnard Co., Chicago, who started, 

 shortly after the opening of the year, on 

 one of his periodical swings around the 

 western circuit, has been laid up at St. 

 Paul by an attack of rheumatism. 



Ealph M. Ward & Co., New York, 

 were one of thousands of firms that had 

 safe deposit boxes in the burned Equita- 

 ble building. Although it was considered 

 certain, .tb^it the immensely valuable con- 

 tents of the boxes had escaped damage, 

 the box-renters had not at last accounts 

 gained access to their boxes. 



The Aggeler & Musser Seed Co., Los 

 Angeles, states that, while the dry 

 weather lias undoubtedly checked sales, 

 they are well satisfied with the showing 

 made this season so far, business being 

 well in advance of any previous year. 

 This seems to be about the position of 

 other seedsmen in southern California, 

 but all agree that rain is badly needed. 



The January mail orders have not thus 

 far come up to expectations, due, with- 

 out doubt, to the exceptionally long con- 

 tinued severely cold weather with which 

 the year opened. Mail order seed houses 

 have become accustomed to having all 

 they can do from the middle of February 

 to the middle of April, and to looking to 

 the first six weeks of the year as the 

 time in which an increase in business is 

 to be made; hence the early mailing of 

 catalogues now in vogue. A falling off 

 from last January's sales will be diflB- 

 cult to pick up. 



At a business session following the 

 annual banquet of the Minnesota Field 

 Crop Breeders' Association at St. Paul, 

 January 10, resolutions were adopted fa- 

 voring legislation requiring all seeds of- 

 fered for sale in Minnesota to be anal- 

 yzed and the percentage of pure seetl 

 and of weed seed to be stamp^ on 

 each lot sold. The association com- 

 mended Oscar Hauge for his efforts in 

 behalf of a pure seed law, and recom- 

 mended the appointment of a committee 

 of three members to confer with Mr. 

 HJiBge in obtaining the passage of such 

 a law. 



PINK AUGUSTA GLADIOLUS 



This St^ason's Stock sold to 



HENRY F. MICHELL CO. 



518 Market St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



STEVENS' GLADIOLI CO., Saginaw, W.S., Mich. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



Let Ayres' Superior 

 Orchid-Flowering Sweet Peas 



ToUo^e Tour Mums 



The rin* Unsurpassed varieties 



Asta Ohn Spencer. lavender, lb.. $2.00. America 

 Spencer, great novelty, red and white striped, lb.. 

 $4.00. Florence Morse Spencer, a beautiful light 

 pink. lb., $2.60. Large White Spencer, the unrivaled 

 white, lb.. $2.60. Apple Bloesom. pink shaded rose. 

 lb.. $1.76. Any of the above, oz.. 36c. We also have 

 all the winter flowering varieties. Write for our 

 Sweet Pea Oatalogue. 



Ayres' Re-selected 

 Grand Rapids Lettuce Seed 



Ii tmlTersally lued bT flbristB. Oz.. ISe ; lb., $1.25. 



Se Da AYRES COi iHdepesdenoe, llo. 

 Florists— Nurserymen— Beedsmea 



10 miles east of Kansas City, Mo. 



MentioH The Review when you write. 



W. & D.'i New Crap FLOKISTS! PLaWER SEEDS 



Vinca Rosea, Alba Pura .... .'.t. i^i <8r. J^is-fiz.. $".50 

 Salvia Slendens Grandlflora . . . .*4 oe.?«ic; 0*., 1.2.5 



Salvia Splendeiis Bonfire .<, ^4 oz.. 60c; oz., 2.00 



Verbena, Mammoth, separate 



colore or mixed ^4 oz., 25c; oz., .80 



Cobaea. Lobelia, Stoclw, Petunias, etc. Write for 

 our wholesale catalogrue. 



Weebcr & Dai* and orowers Ncw Yni, N. Y. 



114 Cbambers Street 

 Mention The Review when you write. 



BURNETT BROS. 



SEEDS :: BULBS :: PLANTS 



72 Cortlandt St., MXW YC^K CITT 



Mention Tbe Review when you write. 



EveIiy mail this week br\ngs two or 

 three general seed catalogues. 



At least one custom -house brokerage 

 concern is offering to undertake the col- 

 lection of the $2 rebate on hyacinth 

 duties paid prior to the Breck decision, 

 charging a contingent fee of fifty per 

 cent. 



COMMEBCE IN SEEDS. 



During the month of November in the 

 last two years the imports and exports 

 of seeds compared as follows, according 

 to the U. S, Treasury Department, which 

 compiles customs statistics: 



IMPORTS. 



November, 1911 $1,526,024 



November, 1910 2.965,067 



EXPORTS. 



November, 1911 $413,447 



November, 1910 252.881 



SEED TRADE ASSOCIATfON. 



The executive committee of the 

 American Seed Trade Association held 

 a meeting January 17 at the La Salle 

 hotel, Chicago. The work of some of 

 the committees was discussed and sug- 

 gestions were offered outlining the 



ASTER SEED 



We have a surplus of the following Asters and 

 as long as our stock lasts, we will offer it at 75c per 

 oz. ; $8.25 per lb. All flrSt-class new crop seed. 

 Imperial I<ate Hohenzollern 'White 

 Creso Pink 

 Vlck'e Imperial Rose 

 Tick's Imperial Lavender 

 Viok'B Rose Kins 

 Tick's Late Branchine White 

 Tick'« Late Branchine Rose-pink 

 Tick's Late Branching Shell-pink 

 Tick's Late Branchinr Lavender 

 Tick's Bariy Upricht Lavender Pink 

 Tick's Barly Uprisht White 

 Tick's Lavender Gem 

 Early Wonder Whit*« 

 Select eiant Comet White . 

 June's Bxtra Early Pink Hohenzollern 

 (the earliest and finest pink Aster grown). No yel- 

 low centers and a money maker for early cut flowers. 



We are the largest growers of Aster Seed in tbe 

 Northwest and for quality our seed is absolutely 

 unexcelled. 



J. W. JUNG SEED CO., 

 Aster Bpeolallats Randolph, WU. 



Mention The Review when v")u write. 



Mention Tbe Review when you write. 



Asparagus Phunosos 

 Nanus 



New crop. Greenhouse grown. 



50c pQr 100; 



$4.00 per 1000. 



A. HENDERSON & CO. 



30 E. Randolph St., CHICAQO, ILL. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



Aspan^us Plumosus Nanus 



New Crop— Oreenhonse-Krown 



lMiMds.BOc; 600seeda.t2.00: lOM seeds. tIJI: 



10.000 seeds. IM.OO. 

 Spranceri, Kc per 360 seeds; 7Sc per 1000 seedi; 

 ti.n per 6000 seeds. ^ ^ 



Our Fknrer Seed Oataloco* tree on a opilcatioa. i 



THE MOORE SEED C(U."Afflasaa- 



M way s mention tfie Florists' K6Pjew wbefl 

 writing advertisen* 



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