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The Florists' Review 



March 5, 1914. 



Seed Trade News. 



AXEBICAN SEED TKADE ASSOCIATION. 



President, C. 0. MMtie, Minneapolii; Secre- 

 Urr-Tre&iurer, C. E, Kendel, Cleveland. 0. 



Ihlrty-Mcond annual oonvention, WaeUnrton, 

 D. C, June 28 to 26, 1914. 



The lily bulb business in this country 

 today belongs to the man who can get 

 it; nobody has the buyers sewed up in 

 a bag. 



The Darwin tulips, although they have 

 a big sale in England, appear to have 

 forged ahead faster in the United States 

 than anywhere else in the world. 



The situation with regard to gladiolus 

 bulbs affords ample evidence that an 

 import duty of 50 cents per thousand 

 is inadequate to protect American labor. 



Arthur G. Lee, Fort Smith, Ark., has 

 purchased a lot 300x150 feet, adjoining 

 the Frisco tracks, on which he intends 

 to erect a three-story warehouse equipped 

 with modern seed cleaning machinery! 



This is the month during which the 

 average old-established seed house has 

 difficulty in making any important in- 

 crease in mail-order sales. Everybody 

 has all he can do each year in March. 



The name of J. J. Budlong, the Chi- 

 cago onion set man, is being used con- 

 spicuously in the advertising of the Lake 

 View Trust and Savings Bank, of which 

 he is president. The institution has 

 resources of over two and a half mil- 

 lions. 



The southern and southeastern tier of 

 states February 25 experienced snow 

 and wintry weather that broke records 

 of from eight to twenty years' standing. 

 The effect was felt for several days by 

 all mail-order seed houses doing business 

 in those sections. 



The month of February was a good 

 one with practically every catalogue seed 

 house. As usual, weather conditions 

 made the business spotty, but the older 

 houses did about the usual February 

 business, with the younger western and 

 southwestern houses showing excellent 

 gains. 



It is interesting to note that after the 

 Holland growers cut the price of Brench- 

 leyensis to the point where nobody could 

 make any money on it, the supply de- 

 creased and this year the bulbs cleaned 

 up nicely and the stock now on hand is 

 held at double the prices asked a few 

 years ago. 



Cass Lannino established a seed busi- 

 ness in a small way at Nov/ata, Okla., 

 eight years ago, adding plants and nurs- 

 ery stock as the demand developed. He 

 now occupies several buildings for ware- 

 house purposes and says the spring of 

 1914 will break all records for the seed 

 business in his section. 



SENATE ACTS ON FABCEL POST. 



When that deliberate body, the Unit- 

 ed States Senate, makes up its mind 

 it acts swiftly. Having decided that 

 there is a popular demand that seeds, 

 bulbs and plants be placed in the parcel 

 post, the Senate did not wait to pass a 

 separate bill on the subject, but tacked 

 a rider onto the postoffice appropriation 

 bill. What is known as the Pomerene 

 amendment was adopted March 2, with- 

 out debate. It simply places these trade 



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Lam wMtsalt irMren if OMM. LCTIUCE. CARIOT. RAMtM, PARSMP. 

 PUSLET. CELUT. ENDIVE. LEEK. ULSIFY ud SWEET PEU. 



Seed Growers 



SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA ^ ^ "WYy T) Pk T\ V 



Write for 1914 Contracting Prices. 



Mention The ReTlew when yon write. 



YOU will be satisfied with the products of 



Burpee's "Seeds that Grow" 



Better write to Burpee, Philadelphia,— for new Complete Catalogue. 



BEANS, PEAS. RADISH 



AND ALL OAROKN SEEDS 



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GROWERS FOR THE TRADI 



ONION SETS wnffrFric. 



The Everett B. Clark Seed Co., Milford, CoiHt 



Qrowlns Stations at East Jordan, Mich.. Groan Bay, Wis., SIstor Bay. Wla. 



Beans, Peas. Sweet Corn, Onion, Beet, Turnip, Tomato, Be, Etc 



^^ 1^ I ^^ WkM ^% ^m HH a^ Write us for prices on new crop of high- 

 W U% I W m% O EL EI M srade globe and flat varieties. 

 SCHILDEH BROTHERS, (Seed and Sets) Chlliicotliep Oiilo 



J. C. Robinson Seed Co. 



WATERLOO, NXB. 



ROCKY FORD, COLO. 



Gontnct rrowen of Cacumber, Cantaloapac 

 Wktermelon. .Squash and Pumpkin Seed: Susai; 

 Flint and Field Seed Corn. 



Waldo Rohnert 



GILROY, CAL. 



Wholesale Seed Grower 



Specialties : Lettuce, Onion. Sweet Peas, Aster, 

 Cosmos, Migmonette, Verbena, in variety. 



Correspondence solicited. 



Mention The ReTlew when yon write. 



CONTRACT 



SEED GROWERS 



strictly Miohiran Orow^n Beans, Oncnmber, 

 Tomato, Mnakmelon, Sqoaah, Watermelon, Kadigb, 

 Sweet Oom. ' Oorrespondence aolicited. 



S. N. ISBELL & CO., Jackson, Hich. 



Mention Tha Reriew when yon writ*. 



THE KINBERLIN SEED CO. 

 Seed frmra SANTA CLARA, CAL 



Growers of 

 ONION, LETTUCE, RADISH, ete 



Correspondence Solicited. 

 Mention Tlie ReTlew when yon write. 



Routzahn Seed Co. 



ARROYO GRANDE, CAL. 



SWEET PEA and NASTURTIUM 

 SPECIALISTS 



▼taoleeale growers of fnll lists of FLOWVB and 

 Mention The Review when yon write. 



Pieters-Wheeler Seed Company 



WIroy, c ;: Callffot«l« 



Growers of High Grade Seeds 



Onion. Radisii. Lettuce, 

 Sweet Peas, etc. 



Correapoiidanoo BoUottod. 

 Mention The ReTlew wlien yon write. 



TOMATO SEED 



BEST STOCKS 



ALLVAfUCmS 



The Haven Seed Co. 



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QROWERS OF 



ONION SEED 



Flat* Wholoaale 



Globes... Wholeaaleaud Ketail 



LAUQHLIN SEED CO. 



NAPP*'MPP. IND. 



Henry Fish Seed Co. 



BEAN QROWERS 



For the Wholesale Seed Trade. 

 CARPINTERIA, -:- CAL. 



SWEET PEA SEED 



Write for our Price List. 



S. BRYSON AYRES CO. 



Swoot Poa Farm, 

 Sunny Slop*, INDEPENDENCE. MOu 



