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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



March 2, 1911. 



Seed Trade News. 



AMKBICAN SEED TBADE ASSOCIATION. 



Prea., E.L.Pagre.GreeDe.N.Y.; First Vlce-pres.. 

 L. H. VauRhan, Chicago; Pec'y and Treas., C. E. 

 Kendel, Cleveland, O. Twenty-ninth annual 

 meeting, Milwaukee, Wis., June 20 to 22, 1911. 



Now for the rush, and the night work 

 — March is here! 



The Lompoc Seed Growers' Associa- 

 tion, Lompoc, Cal., will erect a fireproof 

 warehouse 75 x 300. 



The residence of the late E. V. Hal- 

 lock, Floral Park, N, Y., was practically- 

 destroyed by fire February 19. Since the 

 death of the seedsman it had been used 

 as a boarding house. 



Febeuary always brings bad weather 

 to some, if not all, sections of the coun- 

 try, BO the failure of mail orders to 

 assume hoped for volume can not be 

 laid wholly to the storms. 



The Amzi Godden Seed Co., Birming- 

 ham, Ala., which was established in 1857, 

 is this season doing the largest business 

 in its history, in a new building with 

 40,000 square feet of floor space. 



The residence of Mrs. Alice 0. Tur- 

 geon, secretary of the Missouri Seed Co., 

 Kansas City, was burglarized February 

 17. Several days later it was discovered 

 that $500 worth of jewelry was missing. 



.J. W. Jung Seed Co.. Randolph, Wis., 

 recently mailed its 1911 catalogue, typed, 

 printed and bound on the place. Mr. 

 Jung believes this is the only American 

 seed catalogue manufactured complete on 

 the same farm where most of the seeds 

 it lists are grown. 



March starts out with the seed trade 

 on about the normal basis. There must 

 be some increase from year to year. Mail 

 orders are coming in at about the usual 

 rate. Counter trade is more affected by 

 local weather conditions; it has hardly 

 made a start at most points. 



In the Iowa legislature a bill has been 

 introduced requiring that a license be 

 obtained to sell nursery stock, green- 

 house plants or seeds, and that every 

 employee dealing with the public carry 

 a duplicate of the license. The text of 

 the bill will be found on page 64. 



The Taylor Farmers' Institute, of 

 Taylor, Tex., has decided to circulate 

 a petition for the introduction of a pure 

 seed bill in their state legislature. Such 

 action is necessary, the members of the 

 institute state, because the pure seed 

 laws already existing in many of the 

 northern and eastern states have caused 

 Texas to become a "dumping ground 

 for impure, pest-infested seed." 



The mail order seed trade for Feb- 

 ruary turned out about on a par with 

 that of January — good, but nothing 

 to brag about. Tho absence of a 

 record-breaking demand has been a keen 

 disappointment to a number of houses, 

 for it is difficult to break records during 

 the rush months ; the increases are easiest 

 handled and are most apparent if they 

 come the first two months of the year. 



"Perhaps the most painstaking of 

 seed growers," said J. K. M. L. Far- 

 quhar in his recent lecture before the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society, ' ' are 

 those of Germany. The growing of Sf^eds 

 on a large basis was first established at 



FLORISTS AND SEEDSMEN 



SKXX TOUR OWN SCRATCH OR POITLTRT FOOD. We will make it for you under your 

 own brand for $28.00 per ton. Send today for sample lOO-lb. ba?, $1.50. Mr. C. E. Jenson, of Atlantic 

 County, N. J., on Oct. 27, 1910, writes as follows: "I want to state that your three grades of poultry 

 food— Chick Starter, Developing Food and 'Square Deal' Scratch or Poultry Food— «tand without an 

 equal today. They are perfect mixtures and sound in grain and a pleasure to handle." 



JnniriANA &. can importkrsandwholksaubrs 



Mention The Review when you write. 



BALTMORE, ND. 



Lennon Seed and Plant Co. 



Umpoc, Santa Barbara Co., Cal. 



CioBtract growers of Beans, Peas, Kals. Mustard, 

 Squash, Pumpkin. Cucambers. Carrots. etc.; Flower 

 Seed In variety. Your orders for 1911 crop solicited. 

 Oan also furnish an extra fine grade of Eucalyptus 

 Olobnlus (Bin* Gum) and Cnpressus Macrocarpa 

 (Monterey Oypresa) Seed. 



THE EBBERT SEED CO. 



ROCKY FORD, COL. 



Contract growers of Vine Seeds. 



SPKCIALiTnCS: Rooky Ford Cantaloupe 

 and Cucumber Seed. Place your o.uuid 

 early. Corre.spoudeuce bolidted. 



Sioux City Seed & Nursery Co. 



Sioux City, Iowa 



Contracting growers of Peas, Beans 

 and famous Sw^eet Corn. Introducers 

 of the White Mexican Sweet Corn, 



BEECHWOOD SEED FARMS 



Contract Growers 



Okra, Pearl Millet, Seven Top and 



Frost Kingf Turnip. 



Correspondence invited. 



H. H. ARRINGTON, Prop., Rome, Ga. 



Wilbert E. Ashcraft 



SWXDESBORO, N. J. 



WHOLESALE SEED GROWER 



Speciiities: Tamato, Pepper and Eggplant 



Any kind of seed grown by contract 



S.O. Woodruff &Sons 



SPECIALTIKSt 



Garden Seeds in Variety 



Maine seed potatoes, onion sets, etc. 



CORKESPONDENCE SOLICITED. 



HalB Office and Seed Farms, OBANGE. CONN. 

 New York City Store, 88-84 Der Street 



Routzahn Seed Co. 



ARROYO GRANDE, CAL. 



SWEET PEA and NASTURTIUM 

 SPECIALISTS 



Wholesale growers of full lists of FLOWER 

 and GARDEN Seeds. 



Ant. C. Zvolanek 



Originator of all winter-flowering 

 .Sweet Peas, all colors. Corres- 

 pondence invited. 



Bound Brook, New Jersey 



Mention The Review when you write 



Erfurt. Up to the time of Napoleon's 

 campaigns the fields had been devoted 

 to vine culture and the vdnes were justly 

 celebrated. The business has now spread 



Yokohama Nursery Co. 



IMPORTERS 



Japanese Bulbs. Plants, Seeds 



and Bamboo Stakes. 



New York, N. Y. London, England 



Yokohama, Japan 



Mention The Review when voa write 



Pleters-Wheelir Seed Gompinir 



Hollister, - - California 



Growers of High Grade Seeds 



Onion, Radish, Lettuce. 

 Sweet Peas, etc. : : : 



Correspondence Solicited. 



BRASLAN SEED GROWERS' GO. 



Lettuce, Onion, Sweet Peas 



Growers for the Wholesale Trade Only 



San Joae, ^ California 



Waldo Rohnert 



GILROY, CAL. 



Wholesale Seed Grower 



Specialties: Lettuce, Onion. Sweet Peas. Aster. 

 Cosmos, Mignonette, Verbena, in variety. 



SEATTLE, WASH. 



Growers of 



PlJGET SOUND CABBAGE SEtD 



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J. C. Robinson Seed Co. 



Waterloo, Neb. 



Contract growers of Cucumber, Canta- 

 loupe, Watermelon, Squash and I*umpkin 

 Seed; Sugar, Flint and Field Seed Coma. 



The C. Herbert Coy Seed Co. ] 



VALLEY, Douglas County, NEB. 



Wholesale Growers of High Grade Seeds. 



Cucumber, Mtsskmelon, Sqttash and Pump- 

 kin, Sweet, Flint and Dent Seed Com. 



Mpntion The Review when vou write 



Henry Fish Seed Co. 



BEAN GROWERS 



For the Wholesale Seed Trade 



CARPINTERIA, 



CAL. 



to the Harz Mountains, including the 

 town of Quedlinburg, where one of the 

 large seed farms covers an area of 9,000 

 iieres. " 



