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76 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



May 16, 1912. 



BULBS - PLANTS - BULBS 



of all descriptions— direct from the growers in" Holland. We make 

 a specialty of the newest and latest varieties. Write for prices and 

 terms direct to ^ v " ~ ' 



C. KEUR&SON, HILLEGOM, HOLLAND 



OR THEIR NEW YORK BRANCH. 31-33 BROADWAY. NEW YORK 



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Seed Trade News. 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION. 



Pres., Leonard H. Vaughan, Chicago; First 

 Vlce-Pres., M. H. Duryea, New York City; Sec'y 

 and Treas., C. E. Kendel, Cleveland, O. 



Thirtieth annual convention, Chicago, June 25 

 to 27, 1912. 



The continued cool weather is prolong- 

 ing the seed selling season. Garden oper- 

 ations are weeks behind in many sections. 



At Chicago the ground is so cold that 

 onion seed has not gone in as usual. 

 The growers are weeks behind other sea- 

 sons. 



Simeon F. Leonard, president of the 

 Leonard Seed Co., Chicago, is serving on 

 the Cook County grand jury sworn in 

 May 13. 



It develops that E. H. Wheadon, the 

 largest grower of Darwin tulips in the 

 Island of Guernsey, was among those lost 

 with the Titanic. He was on his way to 

 visit the trade in the United States. 



A WIRE to a Chicago onion set dealer 

 May ]4 called for "just one bushel of 

 sets, white, red or blue," but one color 

 was as much out of the question as the 

 other, the Chicago supply having been 

 cleaned up a week before, except what 

 was in retailing hands. 



Charles H. Vice, of Rochester, has 

 been appointed superintendent and man- 

 ager of the flower show to be held at 

 the New York State Fair at Syracuse in 

 September, with the promise of an entire 

 building for the show and carte blanche 

 as to the arrangements. 



The following is a press dispatch from 

 La Crosse Wis.: "Unless the hours-of- 

 law are amended to permit plants which 

 operate only a few months during the 

 year to work their crews overtime during 

 the rush season, the John A. Salzer Seed 

 Co. either will have to move into another 

 state or increase its expense of operation 

 $50,000 per annum, according to a state- 

 ment made by an official of the company. 

 The firm is at present operating with a 

 ^rew of 500 employees, but with its em- 



-TO THK TRADi:- 



HENRY METTE, auedlinbu^, Gennany 



"■■■^^^^^""^ (ESTABUSHED IN 1787) 



Grower and Kxxtorter on the very larsest scale of all 



CHOICE VEGETABLE, FLOWER and FARM SEEDS 



Specialties: Beans, Beets, Cabbages, Carrots, Kobl-Rabl, Leeks, Lettuces. Onions, 

 Peas, Radlslies, Spinach, Turnips, Swedes, Asters, Balsams, Begonias, Carnation*. 

 Cinerarias, Gloxiiiias, Larkspars. Nasturtluins, Pansles, Petunias, Phlox, Primulas, Scabious. 

 Stocks, Verbenas, Zinnias, etc. Catalotue free on application, 



HKMRT MXTTK'S TRIUMPH OF THK GIAHT FANSISS (mixed), the most per- 

 fect and most beautiful in the world. $5.00 per oz. ; |1.50 per ^ oz. ; 75c per 1/16 oz. Postage 

 paid. Cash with order. 



AH seeds offered are grrown under my personal supervision on my own vast grounds, 

 and are warranted true to name, of strongest growth, finest stocks and best quality. I also 

 crow largely seeds on contract. 



VAN GRIEKEN'S BULBS, weu. s^ctkd 



gJSitnS .^'^^.Ss'-io^^^f&JSSl'"- LEO VAN GREKHf. L»e, Hdan^ 



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Telegraph Address : Albbemond 

 A. B. C. Code use4-5th Edition 



A. & L. BREMOND FRERES 



Flls de Louis Bremond 



BULB QROWEI'S 



OLLIOULES (Var), FRANCE 



Narcissus, Roman Hyacinths, 



Lilium Candidum, Freesia, etc. 



Quick forwardinf- Best Price 



Given a trial, you will be surely satisfied 







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Gennan Stock Seeds 



A GRAND SPECIALTY 



Price list on appllcatton 



f AUL TBCHBt, Striegau, Gennany 



Oldest Special House 



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Ask for "Real Price" Catalogue and 

 Contract Offers. 



f&T^ "QUALITY" 



KELWAT, 

 LANGPOBT. ENe. 



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Give us a 



trial on 



Azaleas 



75,000 fine shaped Azalea Indlca, grown ex- 

 clusively for American trade. Special prices 

 upon request. 



O. TH. De RAEVE 



Chansoee d'Anven 313-462, 

 Mont St. Amand. Ghent, Belclnm 



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Felix & Dykhois, Boskoop, HoUand 



Address: Care of Maltns & Ware, 

 14 Stone Street, New Tsrk. 



Our largre, beautifully Illustrated catalogue Is 

 mailed to you free of charge. It Is a 



Handbook and Gnlde to Florists 



and contains useful Information about forcing of all 

 liinds of Forcing Shrubs, Lilacs, Rliododendrons, 

 etc., etc. 



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WE IMPORT 



to order for the Trade only, PLANTS and 

 BULBS from Europe and Japan. Spring 

 or Fall Delivery. Address with business card. 



AUQUST ROLKER & SONS 

 P. a. lai 752. sr 31 Barclay Stmt. NEW YOM 



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