. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 554 The American Florist. May The gEEE) TRat)E. AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION. J. E. NoBTHBUP, Pres.; S. F. Lkonabd, Vice- Pres.; S. F. Willard, Wethersfleld, Conn., Seo'y and Treas. Twentieth annual oonvention, Minneapolis, Minn., June 24-26,1802. A. H. Goodwin, of the Goodwin, Har- ris Company, Chicago, is making a Cali- fornia trip. The Sioux City Seed and Nursery Com- pany, of Sioux City, la., has contracted for the raising of 1,000 acres of beans in the vicinity of Cass City, Mich. The Dallas, Tex., iVeivsc


. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 554 The American Florist. May The gEEE) TRat)E. AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION. J. E. NoBTHBUP, Pres.; S. F. Lkonabd, Vice- Pres.; S. F. Willard, Wethersfleld, Conn., Seo'y and Treas. Twentieth annual oonvention, Minneapolis, Minn., June 24-26,1802. A. H. Goodwin, of the Goodwin, Har- ris Company, Chicago, is making a Cali- fornia trip. The Sioux City Seed and Nursery Com- pany, of Sioux City, la., has contracted for the raising of 1,000 acres of beans in the vicinity of Cass City, Mich. The Dallas, Tex., iVeivsclaims that that city handled last year 25,000 pounds of turnip seed, 100 cars sorghum seed, 100 cars of seed oats, besides a general line of field seeds, potatoes, onion sets, etc. Private advices from Holland, dated April 14, contain the following: "The outlook is for a medium crop of tulips, frosts and cold having done them harm. Hyacinths and narcissi are in fair condi- ; Wb understand that the Brown Bag- Filling Machine Company, Fitchburg, Mass., will do the packing of free seeds under the new government contract and that Mr. Phillips, of Toledo, Ohio, will superintend the work. Theodosia B. Shepherd Csmpany. The Theodosia B. Shepherd Company has filed articles of incorporation with the county clerk, capital stock $30,000., all of which has been subscribed. It is incorporated to grow, buy and sell all kinds of plants, seeds, bulbs, trees and nursery stock, etc. The directors for the ensuing year are Theodosia B. Shepherd, 160 shares; W. E. Shepherd, 67 shares; Myrtle Shepherd, Lloyd Shepherd, 74 shares; Edith Shepherd Kelsey, 1 share; Margaret Shepherd Oaks, 1 share. The Hyacinth Situation. In its issue of April 1, the Bulletin, a French horticultural publication, has the following regarding the hyacinth situa- tion, more especially that of the south of France: The ruling prices in the south or Prance for white hyacinths :ire verv high, too high in fact. The


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