. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 282 The American Florist. Aug. 2A, The Seed Trade American Seed Trade Association. F. W. Bolgiano, Washington, D. C, Presi- dent; Wm. G. Scarlett, Baltimore, Md., First Vice-President; David Burpee. Phila- delphia, Pa., Second Vice-President; C. E. Kendel, Cleveland,©., Secretary-Treasurer, The thirty-seventh annual meeting will be held June. 1919. Salvi.\ seed prospects are reported good. Dutch bulbs are said to be coming by way of England. Guernsey grown bulbs are of espe- cially good quality this year.


. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 282 The American Florist. Aug. 2A, The Seed Trade American Seed Trade Association. F. W. Bolgiano, Washington, D. C, Presi- dent; Wm. G. Scarlett, Baltimore, Md., First Vice-President; David Burpee. Phila- delphia, Pa., Second Vice-President; C. E. Kendel, Cleveland,©., Secretary-Treasurer, The thirty-seventh annual meeting will be held June. 1919. Salvi.\ seed prospects are reported good. Dutch bulbs are said to be coming by way of England. Guernsey grown bulbs are of espe- cially good quality this year. lily bulb demand will prob- ably exceed tlie supply ten times. Visited Chicago : O. L. Coulter, rep- presenting C, C. Morse & Co., Santa Clara, Calif. Seedsmen are 'wondering if the new "work or fight" government rule will effect a further reduction of their sales forces. Bermuda lily bulbs amounting to 723 packages, about 60 per cent of the con- sul's former estimate and less than half of a normal crop, have arrived at New York. Atlanta, Ga.—H. G. Hastings, of H. G. Hastings & Co., as the head of the chamber of commerce of this city, is giving strong impetus to the gardening movement. Grass Seed.—Prices for grass seed on the Chicago Board of Trade August 28 were as follows: Timothy, $ to $ per 100 pounds. No change from last week. Marine vmderwriters have increased rates for coastwise and trans-ocean routes, except for convoyed ships, U- boats having advanced war risks three or four per cent. SrEACUSE, N. Y.—F. H. Ebeling says beans will produce a fair crop, and the state will do its full share as to food supply, with something in the way of seed, especially white varieties. CAPTAIN Landreth has. and merits, the sympathy of the seed trade, in the passing out of his hands the major part of his long held and fondly cher- ished Bloomsdale Farms, but they have gone to patriotic use. Washington advices of August 15 state that 40 Dutch ships, total


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