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The Florists^ Review 



March 6, 1018. 



Seed Trade News. 



AXEBIOAS 8E£I) TBADE ASSOCIATION. 

 Praaldeot. Ctiarles N. Page, De« Molnea, la.; 

 Mcrrtary-TreaBorer. C. B. Keodel. CleTvIand, O. 



A lAWN grass that will kill weeds is 

 a brand much sought for. 



F. H. Henry, of Henry & Lee, New 

 York, is on a western trip. 



In all branches of the seed trade quick 

 action is in vogue; even the onion set 

 people now are hustling. 



We cannot too highly recommend the 

 assistant who is always healthy, espe- 

 cially in the busy season. 



The wise market gardener is buying 

 his usual quantity of seed, regardless of 

 the present price of produce. 



The L. C. Brown Seed House, of La 

 Grange, 111., is planning to open a 

 branch establishment at Kankakee, 111. 



It is the opinion of the average buyer 

 that good seed is the kind that will make 

 a prize-winning crop, no matter how 

 planted. 



The Iowa Seed Co., Des Moines, is 

 platting a portion of the property on 

 which its greenhouses stand and will put 

 about forty lots on the market. 



James A. Hovey, for several years in 

 charge of the seed department of the 

 George A. Weaver Co., Newport, E. I., 

 died at Newton Highlands, Mass., last 

 week. 



The Atlantic Seed Co., Augusta, Me., 

 has been incorporated, with $30,000 cap- 

 ital stock. The promoters are G. J. 

 Lange, of Eau Claire, Wis., and L. J. 

 Coleman and E. S. Buzzell, of Augusta. 



The Standard Seed and Soil In- 

 oculation Co., of Troy, N. Y., re- 

 cently was incorporated. The di- 

 rectors are John E. McDonald, 1913 

 Sixth avenue, Watervliet; Isabel Kelly, 

 2162 Fourteenth street, and Pierc« 

 Bailey, Springside, Burden avenue, Troy. 

 The company is capitalized at $1,000. 



Mail orders in February have, accord- 

 ing to reports, been good, but not many 

 records have been broken. The princi- 

 pal increases have been made by the com- 

 paratively new houses in the south and 

 west. The older houses in the east still 

 are growing steadily, but they are more 

 conservative. The weather in February 

 was so mild that it not only helped to a 

 good mail business, but in some sections 

 started the counter trade stronger than 

 usual. 



Foe some time of late the weather has 

 been seasonable in nearly all sections. 

 The rush occasioned by the preceding 

 mild weather has let up, giving a chance 

 to keep up with the orders from sections 

 that must have seed at once or lose out. 

 All standards seem to be in fair supply, 

 except Fordhook lima and a few other 

 important sorts of beans. There is a 

 long season yet, however, and the plan 

 this year, more than ever, seems to be to 

 hold off until absolute necessity compels 

 a purchase; there may be, therefore, a 

 scramble for some things yet. 



"OFF AO'IN, ON AO'IN." 



The eongressional struggle over free 

 seeds reminds one of the well-known 

 story of Finnigan. It will be recalled 

 that this celebrated Irish railroader 



THE COST OF FREE SEEDS 



IN response to a resolution of the Senate, Secretary Wilson has furnished the 

 figures covering the cost of the congressional free seeds for the last four 

 years. It totals $1,110,933. The cost of purchasing seeds and plaijts includes the 

 purchase price, freight and drayage, inspection of growing crops, office salaries, j 

 equipment and supplies; the cost of preparing the seeds for distribution and 

 delivery to the mails includes rent, cost of equipment and repairs, labor, bags, 

 boxes, paper, twine, hauling, etc. The figures, which do not include the cost of 

 carrying in the mails, are as follows: 



Projects. 

 Vegetable and flower seeds: 



Purchasing $149,752 



Packetlng and mailing $89,410 



Total $239,162 



Number of packages 11,998,668 



Cotton seed: 



"736 

 037 



1909-10. 1910-11. 



$148,674 

 $88,689 



1911-12. 



$135,037 

 $103,962 



1912-13. 



$122,639 

 101,398 



Totals. 



$556,102 I 

 $383,459 



$237,363 $238,999 

 11,838,987 12,316,966 



$224,037 $939,661 

 12,050,000 48,204,621 I 



Purchasing 



Packetlng and mailing. 





Total 



Number of packages . . . 

 Tobacco seed: 



Purchasing 



Packetlng and mailing. 



Total 



Number of packages . . . 

 Lawn-grass seed: 



Purchasing 



Packetlng and mailing. 



Total 



$4,773 



11,920 



$775 



$138 



$913 



6,029 



$1,881 



$600 



$2,490 



16,280 



^.340 



$246 



$1,586 



10,980 



$5,641 



$492 



Total $61,133 



2,452 



$4,290 

 $1,027 



$5,317 

 11,960 



f265 

 $129 



$5,' 

 $1,: 



474 

 347 



$4,606 

 $1. 



611 



$6,821 



13,478 



$166 

 $205 



$394 

 3,118 



$1,818 

 $683 



$361 

 6,240 



$6,017 

 59,000 



$230 

 $190 



9420 



6,775 



$18,006 

 $4,922 



$22,928 

 96,358: 



$1,426 

 $662 



$2,088 

 20,162 



Number of packages 



Strawberry plants and grape Tines: 



Purchasing 



Packing and mailing 



$2,401 



16,138 



$1,340 

 $288 



Total 



Number of packages 



Miscellaneous seeds and plants: 



Purchasing 



Packing and mailing 



$1,678 

 10,958 



$5,590 

 $477 



Number of packages. 

 Dutch bulbs: 



Purchasing 



Packing and mailing 



$2,660 

 $416 



$6,067 

 2,643 



$2,770 

 $408 



$5,816 

 2,874 



$3,252 

 $636 



$5,332 

 2,800 



$2,875 

 $605 



Total 



Number of boxes 



Legumes and field seeds: 



Purchasing 



Packetlng and mailing. 



Total 



Number of packages... 

 Sugar-beet seed: 



Purchasing 



Packetlng and mailing. 



Total 



Number of packages... 

 Dry-land seed: 



Purchasing 



Packetlng and mailing. 



$2,976 

 10,760 



$2,175 

 $305 



$2,480 

 2,600 



$2,891 

 $812 



$3J03 

 1,230 



$3,178 



11.040 



$18,752 

 $2,003 



$20,766 

 4,375 



$2,340 

 $697 



$3,888 

 12,048 



$8,491 

 $2,631 



$3,480 

 11,600 



!l; 



750 

 263 



$3,037 

 1,360 



911,122 

 3,735 



$1,604 

 $987 



$2,591 

 2,846 



$9,013 

 3,125 



$1,056 

 $866 



$23,348 

 10,769 



$11,457 

 $2,065 



$13,522 

 45,348 



$86,168 

 $7,202 



$43,370 

 13,735 



Total 



Number of packages 



Grand totals: 



Purchasing $170,751 



Packetlng and mailing $93,465 



Total 



Number of packages 



$264,216 

 .12,060,719 



$185,839 

 $94,251 



$280,090 

 11,900,564 



$162.a34 

 $111,728 



$274,362 

 12,385,500 



$1,992 

 6,000 



$36,168 

 $2,275 



$38,443 

 53,712 



$181,345 

 $110,920 



$292,265 

 12,222,018 



$7,891 

 3,362 



~~ $11,253 

 10.426 



$36,168 

 $2,275 



$iM43 

 53,712 



$700,569 

 $410,364 



$1,110,933 

 48,568.801 



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Our Giant Branching and Giant Comet Asters are the best obtainable, and we have a 

 large supply to offer to strictly wholesale buyers only. Inquiries solicited. 



JOHN BODGER & SONS CO.. .'.^l.. LOS ANGELES. CAL. 



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