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The Florists' Review 



MXY 29, 1013. 



BUSY TIME 



but it won't take you long to sow a few flats of Silver Pink Snapdragon seed. They 

 will be ready for potting after the rush is oyer and you soon will have a lot of nice 

 plants for fall and winter blossoms, with little effort and a very small expense. 



GROW SNAPDRAGON 



grow a good one and grow it well, remembering that my ORIGINAL SILVER PINK 



is the pioneer commercial variety and heads the list for color and habit of growth. 

 Nothing in sight to equal it. Price of seed, my own growing, $1.00 per pkt. of over 500 

 seeds; 3 pkts., $2.50, cash. Plenty of potted plants, July and August delivery. 



G. S. RAMSBURG, Somersworth, N. H. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



Los Angeles. Secretary Reichard says 

 that although only 2 years old, the as- 

 sociation has progressed so well that 

 "practically all the growers and dealers 

 have found it to their advantage to be- 

 come members." 



MAUU: IS SATISFIED. 



"The season of 1912 was by all odds 

 the best in the seed trade all over the 

 country that we have witnessed for 

 many years, and in our opinion it will 

 be at least ten years before we have 

 another such wonderful season. Com- 

 paring 1913 with 1912 shows a consid- 

 erable loss, but, on the other hand, com- 

 paring it with 1911, which was a very 

 good year indeed, it shows an increase 

 in the volume of business of between 

 $40,000 and $50,000 and makes a show- 

 ing for this year much better than we 

 anticipated early in the season, particu- 

 larly in view of the fact that lots of 

 good cabbage in growers' hands sold at 

 $2 and $2.50 per ton, and plenty of 

 onions at 10 cents per bushel. We see 

 no reason to look for another wonderful 

 year in 1914. If it is as satisfactory 

 as the one just coming to a close, we 

 will be entirely satisfied." 



■M CONDITIONS IN IOWA. 



"We have had a splendid business for 

 the season just closing," says J. F. 

 Linn, secretary of the A. A. Berry 

 Seed Co., Clarinda, la., "but the vol- 

 ume of business was not quite so large 

 as last year, which was a splendid year 

 for the seed business. The demand 

 for seed corn and seed potatoes has 

 been limited this season; consequently 

 trade was dull in this line. Grass is 

 doing exceptionally well, but we are 

 having a little too much rain for small 

 grain and corn planting. Planting has 

 been delayed on account of rain and 

 it is getting late and we are afraid 

 there will be much soft corn this fall 

 on account of the late planting in many 

 sections. ' ' 



THE PABCEL POST. 



The Leonard Seed Co., Chicago, 

 writes: "We enclose herewith an ex- 

 tract from a letter sent us by one of our 

 customers. We ' are receiving many 

 such letters each day and we think 

 that perhaps it would be well to pub- 

 lish this in your paper previous to 

 the time of the seedsmen^ convention. 

 It is likely that some di^^nsion of this 

 parcel post matter will ^ne up at the 

 convention, as many of the members 

 feel that the present arrangements of 

 the parcel post system in regard to the 

 seed trade are not satisfactory." 



The enclosure is as follows: "Inci- 



-TOTHBTRAOS- 



HENRY METTE, Quedlmbm^ Geimany 



"™"^^^^"^^ (Established in 1787) 



Grower «nd Exporter on tbe very lay greet aoale of all 



CHOICE VEGETABLE, FLOWER and EARM SEEDS 



Bpeclaltlee: Beans, Beets. Cabbages, Carrots, Kobl-Rabi, Leeks, Lettuces. Onions, 

 Peas, Radishes, Spinach. Turnips. Swedes, Asters, Balsams, Begonias. Carnations. 

 Cinerarias. Olozinias. Larkspurs, Nasturtiums, Pansles, Petanlas, Phlox. Primulas. Scabious. 

 ■tooks. Verbenas. Zinnias, etc. Catalogue free on application. 



HXNRT MKTTX'g TRIUMPH OF THX GLAHT P AMBUS (mixed), the most per< 

 feet and most beautiful in the world. $6.00 per oz. : (1.75 per H oz. : $1.00 per ^ oz Postage 

 paid. Cash with order. 



All seeds oflered are grown nnder my personal supervision on my O'wn vast (rounds, 

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

 crow largely seeds on contract. ' ' 



Msntton The Beriew when yon write. 



VAH GRIEKEN'S BULBS i^\S!SiT«> 



Hlsh-crade Hyacinths, Tulips, NarclssuSt 

 Crocus, etc. Write for Catalesue. 



LEO VAN GRIEKEN, JLise, Holland 



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German Stock Seeds 



A GRAND SPECIALTY 



Price list on application 



PAULTEICHCR, Striegau, Germany 



Oldest Special House 



Mention Tae Review wben yon write. 



dentally, it seems to me the seed and 

 florist trade should protest against the 

 unjust discrimination of the parcel post 

 under present rulings. For instance, a 

 customer from wrote for seed 



DANISH SEEDS 



Cabbage, Cauliflower, 

 Carrot. Mangel, Swede^ 

 Turnip, etc. 



CHR. OLSEN 



Seed Grower- 



, (GstabllBbed 1962) 

 '"dbENSE. DENMARK 



Contract OfTers and Sam- 

 ples at your service. 



CaWe Mirc<(-"FROOLSEII." Code: Sth U.. «. B. C. 



Amer. Seed Trade Assn. 

 Mention The Review when yoa write. 



If You Are Looking for QualiV 



in Dutch Bulbs, we want your busi- 

 ness—if not, we ask you to kindly 

 ignore this advertisement - 



Gt. van Waveren A Kruiiff 



American Branch House 

 140 N. 13th Strsst. PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



NEW AND RARE SEEDS 



UniQue collection. Hundreds of varieties 

 adapted for American use. Perennial 

 and perfectly hardy. Own saving. 

 Catalogue free. 



PERRY'S HARDY PLANT FARiVl 

 <mield, Hikldlesex, England: 



Ask for Prices of Seeds (Garden, Farm 

 or Flower) from 



KELWAY'S 



for present delivery or on contract. 

 Special prices now ready. 



LANGPORT, ENGLAND 



