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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



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Seed Trade News. 



AKSBIOAir SEED TRAOX A8800IATI0V. 



Pre»., Lconanl II. VaiiKliim, t'lilcau'ii; First Vlco- 

 Pre8., M. II. Duryi'a, Now Voik C'ily; Soc'y uiiil 

 Treas., C. K. Ki'IkW'I, CU'Vi'laiul, (). 



Thirtieth annual convt'ntion, CliloatfO, Juno 2") to 

 27, 19U'. 



FiRK did $10,000 damage, April 25, 

 to tlio buildiii<f occ'ujiied by the Leit'er 

 Seed «'()., nt Little Ixot-k. Ark. 



J. Frank Corry, vine seed grower at 

 Enid, Okla., now lioes business as the 

 Oklahoma JSeed Growers' Co. 



The government seeds were [lut up 

 this year at $1.09V'2 l>er thousand pack- 

 ets, by the Eobcrt Gair Co., Krooklyn. 



Tin; tnnible now is 1o wait on the t'us- 

 tomers that line the counter* three deep. 

 The mail orders are pretty well caught 

 up with. 



Tin; rail I'or gladioli ami some other 

 spring bulbs does not appear to cmue 

 quite up to the sauguiiie expectations of 

 some ot' the houses. I tiducemeuts are 

 being made to clear. 



TiiK newer mail order seed houses in 

 the middle ^\est, which get most of tiicir 

 busiiu'ss fre)m west of the Mississippi, 

 have done a reinarkabl(> business tliis sea- 

 son, aiul it is holding up extremely well. 



Ix its lunv h)('atiiui on the direct thor- 

 oughlare to two gri'ai railroad stations 

 the W. ^\'. Harnard Co.. Chicago, has 

 had a trenumdous incr(>ase in its counter 

 sales. The jiroblem is to handle the 

 trade. 



Thk onion sets at Louisxille have gone 

 into the ground about as usual. Chilii- 

 eothe is a little behind and at Chicago 

 planting is ronsiderably delayed, with 

 the prospect of some reduction in 

 acreage. 



Tilt; tiriu ot' .lulius LiKn\ith. 09 Nassau 

 str(H't. Niw\ \'ork city, representati\e of 

 prominent European seed houses, is 

 known, since May 1. as T.,oewith. l.arsen 

 iV ('o., with iie\v iii'ad(|uarters at loO Nas- 

 sau street. New ^'ork. 



Tin; United States Department of 

 Agriculture lect'utly has issued a bulle- 

 tin. No. -l"*"^. entitled. "Diseases of Cab- 

 bage and lu'lated Crops, and Their Con- 

 trol.'' by ].. L. llarter, which will be 

 of interest to seedsmen. 



^V}^(1I.l;sAl.E -^ei^dvinen are having their 

 troubles ^\ith reorders. Though there are 

 seeds tiir sale, so matiy items were short 

 ;it the ln'giiming ot' the season that now 

 it is ih't only imiMis^ible to supjdy the 

 items iiio-;t culled t'or but ditlicult to fur- 

 nish '•something just as good." 



(>Nci iiiorc come pe-simistic reports 

 from the pea districl>: Season late, soil 

 too wet to LTct on it. j'lanting not possi- 

 ble until at'ter the u-;ual date, midsum- 

 iiier heat will catch tlie \ines at the most 

 critical -ta-e. To iiear them tell it. one 

 wnuld think the i>ea is about to drop out 

 of ctili l\at ioji. 



TRANSPARENT ENVELOPES. 



T!ic <;l.;ecT o|' t raii-pareiit einelopes 



tor ^ !- ha- aL:aiii ben brought to the 



front by >irder No. liL'-i-^. recently issued 

 by the l'o>tmaster (lem^ral, amending 

 till' I'o-ial Law- and Kegulat i(;)ns. The 

 aticniiMii of all po-tuia-ters is called 



FOR DECORATION DAY 



====^^=^=^= AND — 



JUNE WEDDINGS 



Von will lu'cd "the best forcing \allc.v 

 in .\nierica" for your cn>toniors. Orcier 

 a supiily of tlicsc celcbralcil |)ii>s toiiav. 



BRUNS'°^^.V ALLEY 



$2.00 PER 100. $18.00 PER 1000 



.\nollicr excellent early forcint; Valley i~ 



FLORISTS' MONEY-MAKER; also a Itruna specialty. 

 $1.75 per 1(X); lllG.OO per lOtHi 



H. N. BRUNS, w. Madis'ou Street. CHICAGO 



Mention The Uevlow when you write. 



REMOVAL NOTICE 



Our business h;is increased so wonderfully the past year that 

 we were obliged to rent much larger quarters, and we wish to 

 inform the trade that we are now located in the Old Fort Dearborn 

 Building, 352 N. Michigan Ave., and all mail should be sent here 

 hereafter. We extend a cordial invitation to visit us in our new 

 quarters. 



A. HENDERSON & CO., 352 N. Michigan Ave., CHICAGO 



Mention The Review when you write. 



ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS NANUS 



Guaranteed Genuine Northern Greenhouse- srow^n 

 Per 100... 40c Per 1000 .... $3.60 Per 5000. .. .$16.26 



.seiul for Florists' Flower Seel Lists 



WALTER P. STOKES, Seedsman, PHILADELPHIA 



M.^ntion rh*» Kpvipw wriHTi von w*"!*.** 



Kstabllahed In 1802 



Our Wholesale Catalogue for Mar- 

 ket Gardeners oiid Fhiriats will be 

 mailed free. If you have not yet seoured 

 a eopy, better send for one NOW. 



Lily of the Valley Pips 



A faw still left, very hiRli jrrade. Prices 

 on application. 



J.N.Thorburn&Co.nS}lS«^ 



Mention The Review wbfB you write. 



Asparagus Plumosus Nanus 



N«vr Crop— Oreenhonte-crown 



IMMeda. Mc; MO seeds. tZ.O*; lOOf ■«eds. fS.M; 



lO.MM iseds. t3«.M. 



Ipr«nrerl, Mc per2eO««edi; 76c p«r 1004 ■••di; 



t2.7B per 6000 seedi. 



Oar Vlower Seed Oatalocae freeoo kppUcatlOB. 



125 Market St., 

 Philadelphia 



TIE NOORE SEED CO., 



Always mention the Florists' Review when 

 writiot' advertisers. 



Reliable Seeds 



sow NOW 



Tr. 

 0«. Pkt. 

 Asparagus Plumosu* Nanus, per 



1000 8e«(l8, $4.00 $1.00 



Asparagus Deflexus Scaadens, per 



IWIO seeds, $IO.(X)0 1.00 



Asparagus Sprengeri, 1000 seeds, 



$1.00 60 



Dracaena Indivisa, clean 8ee(!....$ 1.50 .25 

 Primula Obconica Grandiflora, 



carmine. Iliac, pink, purple, 



white or mixed liybrlds, each 



separate, 6 tr. plits., $2.50 50 



Primula Obconica Grandiflora Com- 



pacta, mixed, tr. pkts., $2.50 60 



Primula Obconica Gigantea, car- 

 mine, lilac, purple, pink or 



mixed, each separate, 6 tr. 



pkts., $2.50 60 



My catalogue will guide you through Reliable 



Florists' Flower Seeds. Ask for the tame. 



O.V.ZANGEN, Seedsman 



HOBOKEN, N. J. 



Muiitinii TtiL' Kt'view wIkmi y m wnte. 

 NEW CROP 



Asparagus Pumosus &nus 



WiHConsln Greenhouse Grown .Seed 



Not to be compared with the inferior California 



and Florida outdoor grown seed. 

 1000 seeds, $S.50: 50C0, $16.25; 10.000. $30.00 



G. H. HUNKEL CO., Seedsmen, Milwaukee, Wis. 



