. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 104 The Florists^ Review April 15, la^jo Seed Trade News AKBBIOAM SKKD TSADB ASSOCIATION. Preildent, ?. 0. Dangan, Philadelphia, Pa.; aeeretary-treaaarer, C. B. Kendel, CleTeland, O. Thk Jii.'iil-ordor socd season is bi'injr pro- longed hv winter's lingering. W. W. HaknauI) returned to Chieago greatly ini})roved in health as the result of his sojourn in southern tJalifornia. Wholesale dealers in vegetable seeds report that fill-in orders are coming in good volume from the retailers who buy bulk seeds. The chief reason market gardeners give for redu


. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 104 The Florists^ Review April 15, la^jo Seed Trade News AKBBIOAM SKKD TSADB ASSOCIATION. Preildent, ?. 0. Dangan, Philadelphia, Pa.; aeeretary-treaaarer, C. B. Kendel, CleTeland, O. Thk Jii.'iil-ordor socd season is bi'injr pro- longed hv winter's lingering. W. W. HaknauI) returned to Chieago greatly ini})roved in health as the result of his sojourn in southern tJalifornia. Wholesale dealers in vegetable seeds report that fill-in orders are coming in good volume from the retailers who buy bulk seeds. The chief reason market gardeners give for reduced seed purchases is that help is scarce; many will plant only so much as the family can cultivate. The onion-set market is cleaning up in good shape this year, but the price jseems to have cut demand to a point where the short supply will be enough. It does not speak well for the future of the trade that the price of vegetable seeds is steadily falling while the prices of all other commodities steadily ad- vance. Production surely will be reduced until the other extreme results. E. C. DuNGAN, president of the Ameri- can Seed Trade Association, is back at his desk for a few hours daily after an absence of four months, caused by severe illness. He expresses his thanks to the trade for the many letters of sympathy he received during that time. The fire that destroyed the warehouse of the Livingston Seed Co., 59 East Chest- nut street, Columbus, O., burned for six hours before it was controlled, the entire fire department of Columbus being called upon to fight it. It was confined to the rear of the building and the upper floors, the offices escaping total destruction. The loss amounted to about $100,000, largely covered by insurance. No one was seriously injured. TRADE TROUBLES IN HOLLAND. An insight into the situation among the bulb growers of Holland is afforded in the following communication from one of them to a British horticultural journal: "Most of the bulb growers ar


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