. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 742 The American Florist. Feb. 2j, JRe 3®^ i^Tac^e, AM. SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION. .}. C. VAimHAN. (: A. DON. New Vork. secTetury and treHsurer. The eleventh unniial meeting ut <;hteat<o. AutJUBt 14 t4) Itl, 18y;{. Applica- tions for membership should be addressed to Wm. MegKatt, chairman membership committee. Wethers- Held Conn. Camkornia onion fields planted for seed are looking fairly well. Genkrai, aiivices from the mail trade do not so far indicate the exceptional boom that has been p
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 742 The American Florist. Feb. 2j, JRe 3®^ i^Tac^e, AM. SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION. .}. C. VAimHAN. (: A. DON. New Vork. secTetury and treHsurer. The eleventh unniial meeting ut <;hteat<o. AutJUBt 14 t4) Itl, 18y;{. Applica- tions for membership should be addressed to Wm. MegKatt, chairman membership committee. Wethers- Held Conn. Camkornia onion fields planted for seed are looking fairly well. Genkrai, aiivices from the mail trade do not so far indicate the exceptional boom that has been predicted. St. Paul.—C. E. Underbill, manager of L. L. May & Co.'s seed department, died February i;' of pneumonia. His remains were taken to Philadelphia for interment. Visited Chicago:—Professor W. W. Tracy, of Detroit, S. M. Emery, Lake City, Minn., E. G. Hill, Richmond, Ind., H. Augustine, Normal, 111., Chas. P. Braslan, Minneapolis, Frank , Omaha. Mr. Frank T. Emerson is of the opin- ion that the best thing in a retail cata- logue cover will be one which shall con- tain a calender block printed in large type on the front page with a string through the corner of the book to hang it by. Prof. F. W. Taylor, of the Horticult- ural Department of the Nebraska State University at Lincoln, will this year con- duct an extended and careful investigation of the possibility of hybridizing squash, cucumber, melons and other vines when planted together. Rumors are again current concerning a general combination of seedsmen in the mail trade. Two features of this cjues- tion are certainly to be commended,— uniformit3' of prices and economy on all lines requiring large expense,—cata- logues, advertising, seed bags and like supplies. In spite of all that may be claimed by seedsmen in the mail trade in regard to quality of stock and style of catalogue, the fact seems to remain that many buyers by mail are seeking low prices where ever they can be found, and the tendency
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