. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 68 The Florists^ Review Fbbbuabt 20, 1919. Seed Trade News AMEBIOAV BEES XBASE ASSOOIAZZOK. Preildent, I*. W. Bolglano, Washington, D. 0.; Mcret«i7-tr«ainrer. 0. B. Kendel. OlsTaland. O. Cannas, ftaladiums and tuberoses are among the items that are held as good property. The Department of Agriculture is ad- vising farmers that there is no shortage of seeds this season. The early-bird seed catalogue certainly caught the order worm this year. The man whose book is not yet mailed is tear- ing his hair, if he has any. The death of N. J. Burt, of N, J.
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 68 The Florists^ Review Fbbbuabt 20, 1919. Seed Trade News AMEBIOAV BEES XBASE ASSOOIAZZOK. Preildent, I*. W. Bolglano, Washington, D. 0.; Mcret«i7-tr«ainrer. 0. B. Kendel. OlsTaland. O. Cannas, ftaladiums and tuberoses are among the items that are held as good property. The Department of Agriculture is ad- vising farmers that there is no shortage of seeds this season. The early-bird seed catalogue certainly caught the order worm this year. The man whose book is not yet mailed is tear- ing his hair, if he has any. The death of N. J. Burt, of N, J. Burt & Co., seedsmen, Burlington, la., which occurred in that city recently, is recorded in the obituary^ column of this issue. Visited Chicago: L. W. Wheeler, of the Pieters-Wheeler Seed Co., Gilroy, Cal., on his way home from an eastern con- tracting trip; C. W. Scott, of the Yoko- hama Nursery Co., New York, booking jobbers' orders for 1919 crop lily bulbs. The situation in the seed trade, last season and this, again illustrates the fact that a widely advertised shortage and high prices tend to disclose stocks no one knew to be in existence, to check demand while increasing the supply, one being less and the other more than was ex- pected. While the prices of seeds as a whole have been slipping, there is no prospect of anything except a continued high level of values; the cost of doing business, which is an important factor in determin- ing the price of seeds, can not go down rapidly and 1919 growing costs will be in proportion to the prices of other farm products. The demand for gladiolus bulbs has let up, but it is expected to revive at any moment. At the moment the gladiolus bulb season is between hay and grass; the bulbs have to a large extent passed from the hands of the producers to those of dealers, the buying for forcing has ceased and buying for outdoor planting hardly has begun. Warm weather has resulted in an un- precedented volume of early mail orders, prac
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