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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



February 22, 1912. 



Seed Trade News. 



AXXRIOAK BSED TRADE ABSOOIATIOH. 



Pres., Leonard H. VauKten. Chicago; First Vice- 

 Pres., M. H. Duryea, New Yorlc City; Seo'y and 

 Treas., C. E. Eendel, Cleveland, O. 



Thirtieth annual convention, Chicago, June 25 to 

 27, 1912. 



The Summers Seed House, of Malvern, 

 la., has made arrangements to open a 

 branch establishment at Tabor, la. 



The Dutch bulb growers have iiot 

 had so cold a winter as they would -^ke. 

 The winter covering is about all off the 

 fields and growth has started. 



Fire at the store of T. J. Grey Co., 

 Boston, February 19, was extinguished 

 before serious damage was done; loss 

 covered by insurance. 



The O. O. Younkerman Seed Co., Coun- 

 cil Bluffs, la., suffered a small loss Feb- 

 uary 7, by fire starting from an over- 

 heated furnace next door. Insured. 



Henry W. Wood, of T. W. Wood & 

 Sons, Eichmond, owns Kenbrook Farm, at 

 Milford, Va. Edwin Bishop is manager. 

 A number of crops are grown for seeds. 



Visited Chicago: C. W. Scott, of 

 Yokohama Nursery Co., New York; F. 

 H. Henry and Robert Fulton, of Henry & 

 Lee, New York, the latter on his way 

 home from Japan. 



Not having space in his ' ' colyum ' ' 

 for all his ideas how this world ought 

 to be run but isn't, Ralph M. Ward 

 editorializes to the extent of a dozen 

 pages in his latest bulb catalogue. 



Monday, February 19, was the big 

 day to date with most of the mail order 

 houses. The few days of springlike 

 weather following the severely cold spell 

 have set the seed buyers studying the 

 catalogues. 



With Congress tinkering the schedules 

 one by one, the "better be safe than 

 sorry" class of importers has added the 

 words "and tariff revision" to the 

 terms to which the sale of future crops 

 is subject. 



The seed dealers and growers of the 

 State of Idaho had a conference with 

 Governor Hawley, at Boise, February 9, 

 looking to ameliorating the hardships 

 caused by the unworkable pure seed law 

 passed a year ago. 



A. W. GiLMAN, the seedsman of Roches- 

 ter, N. Y., will remove April 1 to 482 

 Main street, east, where he will be nearer 

 the market and will have a larger and 

 better store. This is his twenty-fifth 

 year in the business and prospects are 

 bright. 



A SURPLUS list to hand during the 

 last week offers 4,860 pounds of cucum- 

 ber, 8,625 pounds of watermelon, 5,795 

 pounds of muskmelon and 2,795 pounds 

 of tomato, among other things. And yet 

 some writers appear to be under the im- 

 pression that there are no seeds for sale. 



When supplies are known to be short 

 of the demand buj'ers place orders for 

 more than they want, in the hope that the 

 partial deliveries will equal their needs. 

 This is now going on in the seed busi- 

 ness. Something interesting would be 

 sure to happen in the end except for the 

 fact that one year of bumper crops could 

 do few people serious harm and would 

 correct the tendency to overcontract. 



START 

 VALLEY FOR 

 EASTER NOW 



Be sure you get the best pips obtainable. Grow 

 Bruns' Valley and your troubles will be over. 

 For many years Valley has been my specialty. 



Bruns' Celebrated Chicago Market 

 Brand — 



unqueationably the "finest forcing Valley in America," 



$2.00 per 100; $17.00 per 1000 



I also can supply another high-grade 

 known as Florists' Money-maker. 



$1.75 per 100; $15.00 per 1000 



ORDER TODAY 



H. N. BRUNS 



3038-40-42 W. Madison St. 

 CHICAGO, ILL. 



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FOR FLORISTS 



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 Ask for copy. 



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ROCHESTER. N. Y. 



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Berlin Valley Pips 



Surplus lots. All high-grade, 

 Berlin type, A. B. 8. Pips. 

 Recent arrivals. Case lots 

 only. Ask for list of lots and 

 f. o. b. New York prices. 



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THE IMPORT BOnSK 



17 Murray St., NEW YORK 



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An interesting illustration, showing the 

 store of the Germain Seed & Plant Co., 

 Los Angeles, appears on page 16 of this 

 issue. 



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