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TheWeekly Florists' Review. 



Mascb 28, 1912. 



Seed Trade News. 



A^minA-m aXD TR4L9X AUOOIATJOV. 



Prea., Leonard H. Yaughan, Chicago; First Vlce- 

 Piea., M. H. Duryea, New York City: Sec'y and 

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



Thirtieth annual convention, Chicago, June 26 to 

 27, 1912. 



OUB UNQEIlINa WINTEB. 



The March wind blows over melting snows. 



The air is soft in the woodland glen; 

 'Tls the time o' year when spring is here — 



If It doesn't get cold and snow again. 

 The song o' the bird again is heard. 



And one flits over you now and then; 

 You say, "Ah, soon they'll be all In tune — 

 If it doesn't get cold and snow again." 

 The March sun gleams over flooded streams. 



The snow is gone from hillside and glen; 

 'Tls the time o year when spring is here — 



If it doesn't get cold and snow again. 



— B. L. T. In Chicago Tribune. 



The bean growers appear to have had 

 no trouble getting all the acreage they 

 need. 



A REPORT from Holland says that the 

 turnips standing for seed in the Gronin- 

 gen district have been seriously damaged 

 by the severe winter. 



W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia, 

 who for many years have handled more 

 sweet pea seeds than any other house in 

 America, are said to be having much their 

 largest season. 



In the cities of the Atlantic seaboard 

 counter trade is reported to have begun 

 in real earnest at the opening of the 

 present week. Too much ice still on the 

 ground to have much doing in the west. 



This is the week that usually sees the 

 peak of the mail orders, but the season 

 is much too backward this year. This 

 will go on record as the season in which 

 no feature of the seed trade was normal. 



The Milford Trust Co., Milford, Conn., 

 of which Arthur B. Clark is president, 

 opened March 4. A Bridgeport, Conn., 

 paper prints a picture of the handsome 

 new building and a portrait of Mr. Clark. 



Germany had the same hot summer 

 as the American seed growers, and they 

 have had the same hard winter. It is 

 reported that the biennials, of which the 

 acreage was somewhat less than usual, 

 have suffered considerably. 



At the flower show at Chicago March 

 12 to 17 there were two exhibits of new 

 strains of Spencer type of sweet peas of 

 winter-flowering habit. Both were a 

 bluish pink in color. The Spencer pea 

 will now be an all-the-year-around possi- 

 bility. 



There are reports that the demand for 

 aster seeds is not opening the way it 

 should, probably due to the weather as 

 much as to the fact that the crop was 

 not especially profitable last season. In 

 some of the best varieties the supply of 

 seeds is not large. 



Oppiciai. figures of the bulb exports 

 from Holland show that 1909 was the 

 high record year, there having been a 

 falling off in 1910 and another in 1911. 

 The maximum exports to the United 

 States (1909) were 3,500,000 kilos. A 

 kilo is 2.20485 pounds. 



James Vick's Sons, Rochester, have 

 just issued the sixth edition of their 

 highly successful booklet, "How to 

 Grow Asters," It was written by 

 George Arnold, farm superintendent ,^or 

 the Vicks, and has been thoroughly re- 

 vised since the fifth edition w«nt out 

 of print. 



The Largest Wholesale Seed Growers in the World 



Spring Finds Braslan 



PrCpQrcd, Those who have made 



the trip over the great Braslan acreages 

 find the same evidence of preparedness 

 everywhere. The crops— due to careful and 

 timely cultivation— are in splendid condi- 

 tion, q BRASLAN, as usual, can take care 

 of your orders. 



Braslan Seed Growers Company, inc. 



Specialties. Onion. Lettuce, Carrot, Radish 

 SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA 



^ Booking now for 1912 delivery 



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ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS NANUS 



Oiuurantaml Genuine Nortbem Greenhouee-Kronim 

 Per 100... 40c Per 1000 .... $8.60 Per 6000. .. .$16.86 



Send for Florists' Flower Seed Lists 



WALTER P. STOKES. Seedsman, PHILADELPHIA 



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RAFFIA 



NATURAL : Red Star and 3 other 

 brands. Bale lots or less. 



COLORED : 24 standard colors. 



Minimum orders 25 lbs. Write for 

 prices, stating quantity. 



McHUTCHISON & CO. 



THX XMPOBT BOUBK 

 17 Murray St., NKW YORK 



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raw CBOP 



Bspara^us Bllamosus Bhnus 



Wisconein Oreenhonte Orown _Seed 



Not to be compared with the inferior Calif omis 



and Florida outdoor srown seed. 

 1000 seeds. $4.00: 5000,tl8.75: 10,000. $S5.00 



G. E HUNKEL CO., Seednei, Nilwiikee, Wis. 



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Asparagus Plumosus Ranut 



N«w Crop Oreenhe— -g f o w 



IM leMU. Mc: MO sMda. ts.0«: UXM seeds. UMx 



10.M« seeds. |M.Mt. 



torencerl, Ve per W seeds: I5c per IMW seedst 



tZ.TI per 9K» seeds. 



Oar Flower Seed Oataloco* free •■ applleattea. 



MOOEg SEEP CO., '¥i3aSiJl ' 

 BURNETT BROS. 



SESPS :: BULBS » PLANTS 

 9t CorCUuiillt St., NKW TOBK dTT 



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Owing to the backward season In Cali- 

 fornia, all Winter and late Sweet Pea 

 Seed will be late in maturing. To avoid 

 late deliveries, I will send all early orders 

 of Winter Sweet Pea Seed directly from 

 our ranch in Lompoc, Cal. These will 

 reach my farthest customers not later than 

 August 10th, saving over four weeks' time. 

 Send all letters of importance to Lompoc, 

 Cal. We will have all the leading colors 

 and many noveltleB. Orders booked now. 



New complete list will be sent out in 

 May. 



Here is a testimonial from one of many 

 satisfied customers : 



Mt Airy. Md., Feb. 26, 1912. 

 Dear Sir: — We have been cutting very fine 

 peas this season from your stock. Stems 18 

 and 20 inches, with 3, 4 and 5 flowers, and in 

 several instances with 6 flowers to a stem. You 

 deserve and receive great honor from the trade 

 for bringing Winter flowering Sweet Peas to 

 their present high position in the market. Ton 

 have already done more for the florist than the 

 great Burbank will ever do. 



JBSSB P. KING. 



We have also only the best Spencer and 

 Unwin late Sweet Pea Seed on band now, 

 also other Florists' flower seed. Send for 



"'ant. c. zvolanek 



BOUND BBOOK, •:• NBW JKBSXT 



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