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HORTICULTURE 



November 16, 1907 



ESTABLISHED 1802 



ROMAN HYACINTHS ^'^"^^^ 



PER lOOO SEEDS 



Asparagus plumo'-us nanus seeds $2.25 



Asparagus plumosus robustus seeds 2.50 



BERMUDA EASTER LILIES 

 Bulbs of all kinds, native and foreign. 

 Send for our Trade Bulb List 



J.M.THORBURN & CO. 



33 Barclay St., through to 38 Park Place 



NEW YORK 



Everything of the Highest Orade 



We have a surplus of 



Narcissus VON SION 



1st 

 SIZE 



Write for Prices 



BRIDQEMAN'S SEED WAREHOUSE 



RICKAROS BROS., Props. 



37 East 19th St, NEW YORK 



BULBS 



for immediate plant- 

 iug or forcing. 



Let us quote on what- 

 ever you need. 



H. E.FISKESEEDCO. 



12 & 13 Faneuil Hall Square, 

 BOSTON. MASS. 



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f gladioli! 



B Cut spikes in any quantity from S 



S Selected White and Light Shades; 5 



S Selected Mixed Colors and Named S 



S Varieties of Exceptional Beauty. g 



S Write for Prjces S 



I ARTHUR CO"WEE | 



S aiadiolus Specialist = 



r Meadowvale Farm, BERLIN, N.Y E 



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GLADIoXl 



Spotted Ca la, Madeira Vine, 

 Cinnamon Vine, Oxalis y-^r v^rien^^. 



Hyacinthus Candicans, 



Lilies in Variety, German Iris, 



Var. Day Lily, 



Delphinium Formosum 



Send for price list of Bullis and Hardy Plants 



L 8. MILLER, - Wading Rlvsr, N.Y. 



BETWEEN YOU AND ME, What 

 do you think of the Buyers' Directory 

 and Ready Reference Guide of HORTI- 

 CULTURE? I always, look it over be- 

 fore I do any buying 



LILIUM WARDARAI. 



This lily which R. M. Ward & Co. 

 expect to send out next season in 

 quantity is an improvement on longi- 

 florum giganteum, growing considera- 



bly taller, with strong erect stems and 

 more flowers. The proposed name is 

 compounded of the names of Mr. Ward, 

 the introducer, and Mr. Aral, the 

 grower. 



Seed Trade 



Rumors which have been in circula- 

 tion for some time, to the effect that 

 the California seed growers would not 

 book orders for onion seed of the 190S 

 crop, prove to be correct, as to the 

 two principal growers, C. C. Morse Co. 

 and the Braslan Seed Growers' Com- 

 pany. Just what the other growers are 

 doing or are going to do has not been 

 learned, but they are likely to follow 

 the example of the two leading grow- 

 ers. A statement that C. C. Morse 

 Co. started in to book orders for the 

 190S crop then suddenly shut off, is 

 doubtless true; their reason for so do- 

 ing has not been made clear. 



The reason assigned for refusal to 

 make contracts for the 190S crop, is 

 that a syndicate headed by Chinamen 

 has cornered the supply of onions and 

 is holding them at practically pro- 

 hibitive prices. This statement proves 

 to be mainly true, and unless there is 

 a loosening up by the syndicate vol- 

 untary or otherwise, the growers can- 

 not afford to pay the prices. Not only 



would the price of the onions tend to 

 increase the price of seed, but in case 

 of even a partial failure of the crops, 

 the loss to the gi'owers would be very 

 heavy. To insure themselves against 

 this, they would have to greatly in- 

 crease the price of seed to the seeds- 

 man, and rather than pay it the latter 

 would greatly prefer to take chances 

 on the open market next fall. There 

 has been much criticism of the grow- 

 ers for their attitude in this matter, 



i^Cotitiniicd oti ptig-f b4t.) 



ST, DAVIDS 



Late-Dug Herrkii 



Guaranteed pure bulbs. Nolong- 

 Iflorum adulteration 



SIZE 5 to 7, 40O in a Case. $.5 00 Case 



Wtn. Ellliott CSX Sons 



201 Fulton Street 

 NEW YORK 



