. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 656 The American Florist. April 2^^ The Seed Trade. Anierlcan Seed Trade AsaoclatloD. WataouS. Woodruff, , Pres.; J. C. Robinson, Waterloo, Neb., First Vioe- PreB,; C. E. Kendel, Cleveland, O,, Seo'y and Treas. Twenty-seventh annual con- vention, Clifton House, Niagara Fails, Out., June 22-24, 1909. =r^ BERMUDA growers report April 12 good Lilium Harrisii crop prospects up to that date. John Bodger, Gardena, Calif., will make a tour of the jobbing trade and sail for Europe about May 15. New York.—A fir.


. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 656 The American Florist. April 2^^ The Seed Trade. Anierlcan Seed Trade AsaoclatloD. WataouS. Woodruff, , Pres.; J. C. Robinson, Waterloo, Neb., First Vioe- PreB,; C. E. Kendel, Cleveland, O,, Seo'y and Treas. Twenty-seventh annual con- vention, Clifton House, Niagara Fails, Out., June 22-24, 1909. =r^ BERMUDA growers report April 12 good Lilium Harrisii crop prospects up to that date. John Bodger, Gardena, Calif., will make a tour of the jobbing trade and sail for Europe about May 15. New York.—A next to J. _ M. Thorburn & Co.'s establishment dam- aged part of this firm's stock during the night of April 19. , JNlAss.—The seedsmen are very busy, the days of warm weather creating a brisk demand. All early peas and Bun>ee's bush lima beans are very scarce. Santa Cruz, Calif. — Ernest A. Bailey,' of this city has bought a! half interest in the A. Mitting Calla Lily Bulb Co., of which he will be the secre- tary and treasurer and A. Mitting president and manager. California beans.—About the usual acreage of seed beans will be planted this year. Conditions could not be bet- ter for good crops, this season being the rainiest on record. The farmers gen- „^*lly,.haye their land in good shape. PuQET Sound cabbage.—Cabbage • seed -growers in tliis section lost quite a percentage of the heads during the winter, but the sjiring has been \'ery dry and favorable and if these condi- tions continue, the crop should be an average one. The D. M. Ferry & Co.'s steamer, Eber Ward, corn laden, from Milwau- kee, bound for Port Huron, collided with an ice floe about five miles west of Mackinaw City, Midi, and .sank in one of the deepest spots of the Straits of Mackinac. Five of the crew were drowned and the cargo and steamer will be a total loss. The French bulb situation shows varying prices evei: since the meeting of April 17. but the import is that the growe


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