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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



MAT 5, 1S9S. 



JADOO AT GHENT. 



fEvtract from letter from Col. C. Halford Thomp- 

 son, Exeter, England, dated April 21, ISHS.J 



"At last we have a big score to give 

 you from this side of the Atlantic. At 

 the big show at Ghent — sriid to be the 

 largest in Europe — amidst the strong- 

 est competition of the whole of the 

 Dutch growers. Messrs. Byvoet Broth- 

 ers, of Overveen. Haarlem. Hollnud, 

 won the highest prize in the sliow for 

 a magnifieent group of hyacinths, l.")0 

 plants in •">(• varieties, and also won a 

 gold medal for th? first prize for Ijcst 

 collection of Hhi hyacinths. In both 

 cases the plants were grown in a mix- 

 ture of Jadoo Fibre and Dutch sand. 

 The well known grower. Van Houtte, 

 was competing in both these cases. 



"The actual awards were: For col- 

 lection of 150 hyacinths: First, work 

 of art. value ;{(M> francs, unanimously 

 awarded to Messrs. Byvoet Bros.; sec- 

 ond, gold medal, value l'>0 francs, 

 awarded to Van Houtte; third, gold 

 medal, value ■",(> francs, awarded to 

 For collection of It") hya- 

 First, gold medal, value ]IH1 

 Byvoet Bros.; second, gold 

 value 50 francs. Kuyk; third, 

 bronze medal, Van Houtte. 



"The fact that so well known a 

 grower as Van Houtte was among 

 those beaten greatly enhances the 

 value of the success, which will go a 

 long way to bring Jadoo into use for 

 bulbs of all sorts here. The actual 

 quantity used was one-third Jadoo 

 Fibre to two-thirds Dutch sand, but as 

 the Dutch sand is itself very good for 

 bulbs, it practically shows the use of 

 half and half to be best." 



Kuyk. 

 cinths: 

 francs, 

 medal. 



GRAND RAPIDS, MICH, 



From cold and wet, the weather has 

 now changed and is fine and spring- 

 like — so fine, in fact, that some people 

 are already beginning to plant out 

 geraniums and other of the hardier 

 plants. Trade continues good; roses 

 equal to the demand; carnations are 

 scarce, though what there are are fine. 



Dark violets are over and Crabb & 

 Hunter are the only ones pic'.:ing .iny 

 at all. They have a house of Lady 

 Hume Campbell, whicn are still flue. 

 All are cutting sweet p?as, and they 

 and swainsona help out funeral work 

 amazingly, of which there is still a 

 steady stream. 



Fashionable weddings and ante-uup- 

 tial teas and breakfasts are of almost 

 daily occurrence, and keep the supply 

 down close. 



The spring bulb agent has blossom- 

 ed again, although his bt okings this 

 year, on the whole, are not quite so 

 large as last season. 



GEO. F. CRABB. 



NATIONAL FLORISTS' BOARD OF TRADE 



CORNELIUS S. LODER, Secretary. 



Collections, Credits, Etc. 



271 Broadway, - - NEW YORK 



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Out of this lot there have been selected about 400 of the choicest for seed and yet the 

 strain is as Kood as most of those in the market. 



f: ALBERT M, HERR,^ Lancaster, Pa. 



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A few Pansies, best strain, tiO cents per 100. 



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