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"leading retail FLORISTS. 



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EXPORT OF BULBS FROM CHINA. 



The indications are that the record 

 of shipments of narcissus or "sacred 

 Chinese lily" bulbs for the United 

 States will be exceeded this year. 

 Fifty tons went out of Amoy in one 

 vessel bound for the United States last 

 week, and the next steamer for the 

 Paciflc coast is to take a similar ship- 

 ment. The prospects are that there 

 will be at least $35,000 worth of these 

 bulbs shipped to the United States this 

 year, exceeding the ordinary record by 

 perhaps $5,000. Practically all of the 

 narcissus bulbs exported from China 

 go from Amoy, and at least three- 

 fourths of these go to the United 

 States. 



The bulbs are raised in the Chang 

 Chow district, about 30 miles inland 

 from Amoy. The flowers are popular 

 among the Chinese, having more or 

 less of a religious significance, al- 

 though nothing like the significance 

 commonly believed in the Unite! 

 States. The extent to which they have 

 come to be sold in the United State? 

 can best be realized when the volume 

 of exports from the producing district 

 is realized. In 1902, 1,600,000 bulbs 

 were exported; in 1903, 2,348.000; in 

 1904, 2,030,716, valued at $35,627. The 

 exports this year will probably reach 

 $43,000. 



A considerable trade in Easter lily 

 and calla bulbs might oe built up be- 

 tween Amoy and the United States. 

 The bulbs can be produced here at a 

 minimum price. On the hills here- 

 abouts, especially up country near 

 where the narcissus bull)s are pro- 

 duced, the lilies grow wild. Some- 

 times an entire hillside will be cov- 

 ered with them. The climate seems 

 to be peculiarly adapted to their 

 growth, and in addition to this the 

 cheapness of Chinese labor affords 

 other advantages. The Chinese us-e 

 calla and Raster lily bulbs for medi- 

 cinal purposes. — From report of Consul 

 Andersen, Amoy. 



We might add to the al)ove the in- 

 teresting information thai large quan- 

 tities of lily bulbs are exported from 

 China to the Chinese in this country 

 for use as food, the variety most large- 

 ly consumed being Liliuni Brownil. 



SEED TRADE NOTES. 



Dealers in seed potatoes are some- 

 what anxious. The York State crop 

 is undoubtedly badly affected by rot, 

 and more or less authentic reports to 

 the same efliect come from Michigan 

 and Wisconsin. On the other hand, 

 the Maine crop is said to be above 

 average, and no retorts of rot have 

 as yet come Irom them. The real sit- 

 uation will no doubt develop within 

 the next two or three months. 



Longitlorum lilies are in the hands of 

 the jobbers, and orders are being 

 rapidly filled. Growers who have 

 given individual orders for Dutch 

 bulbs to the Holland salesn^n have 

 not yet received their goods, which 

 goes to show thai after all it is better 

 for florists to buy their bulbs through 

 their local importers at a very slight 

 increase in cost and be sure ot getting 

 them and having them early, too. 



The seed trade is once more turning 

 its attention from bulbs to seeds, and 

 the conditions which confront them 

 are a surprise to many. There are 

 two classes of people in this world, 

 one that runs at the first cry of 

 "wolf," and the other which refuses to 

 believe there is any wolf until the wolf 

 is on them. It is just so in the seed 

 trade; one class is thrown into a panic 

 at the first cry of shortage, and imag- 

 ines there is going to be a famine, 

 while the other stubbornly refuses to 

 believe in any shortage until the evi- 

 dence is overwhelming. For months 

 past it has been common knowledge 

 that Onion seed was a very short crop, 

 and while a few have believed prices 

 would reach absurdly high levels, 

 many others insisted that there was 

 "plenty of seed." It is now rapidly 

 dawning on this latter class that the 

 cry of shortage was no airy fancy, but 

 a hard fact, and they now regret their 

 lack of judgment in failing to cover 

 their shortages as they could easily 

 have done only a few weeks back. As 

 far back as early last summer it was 

 stated in these columns that the heavi- 

 est shortages would be in the South- 

 port Globe varieties, red, white and 

 yellow, and conditions at this time 

 amply justify that prediction. It is 

 now next to impossible to procure any 

 of these three varieties excepting at 

 prohibitive prices. Yellow Globe Dan- 

 vers have already sold at a higher 

 price than many believed possible at 

 any time the coming season. Yellow 

 Strasburg and Yellow Round Danvers 

 have also advanced sharply in the past 

 few weeks, and Red Wethersfield and 

 Early Red Flat will soon follow suit. 

 Altogether the onion seed situation is 

 very gratifying to those who have seed 

 to sell. Beans promise to be the next 

 surprise, and those who are short will 

 do well to get under cover. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



R. Y. Teas, Centerville, Ind.— Whole- 

 alo price-list of nursery stock. 



Samuel Smith, Slaghills Nursery, 

 icrbyshire, Eng. — Catalogue of trees, 

 hrubs, herbaceous and alpine plants. 



Anton Schultheis, College Point, N. 

 '. — Wholesale price-list for season of 

 06. Distinctly a florists' cata- 

 ogue; the only one that has come to 

 IS devoted exclusively to plants for 

 ommercial florists' use. 



190. 



MR. WALTEK KENNEDY, Floral 

 pert, wide experleiiee of Australia aud 

 Southern UemlspLere geueially, will short- 

 ly arrive, aud will be glad to receive oBEers 

 of eugagemeut lu flrst-olass Floral Store. 

 Address Expert, care Horticulture, 11 Ham- 

 ilton Place, Boston, Mass. 



SITUATION WANTED— Loug experleii.e 

 Id out-door gardening and tboruugli knuwl 

 edge of laying out large estates and general 

 landscape work. Address, K. it., care HOll 

 TICIII.TL'KE. 11 Hainllinn Place. Boston 



WANTED — A competent palm grower 

 Only one who has had ample experience 

 aud who is an up-to date man need appl.v 

 for a permanent position. Address, Palm 

 Grower, care Horticulture,, 11 Hamilton 



WANTED— Salesn 



PUBLIC DOCUMENTS RECEIVED. 



Quarterly report on commercial fer- 

 tilizers and chemicals by the Georgia 

 Department of Agriculture. Issued 

 under the supervision of Hon. T. G. 

 Hudson, Commissioner of Agriculture 

 of the State of Georgia. 



LIST OF PATENTS. 



Issued October 10, 1905. 



SOI. 325. Tree Guard or Protector. 

 Frederick Lichtfeldt, Mil- 

 waukee, Wis. 



801,396. Grass-Catcher for Mowing 

 Machines. Ralph .J. Par- 

 rish, Winston-Salem, N. C. 



801,765. Weeder. George S. Carson, 

 Iowa Citv, Iowa. 



The Andorra Nurseries is sending 

 out a dainty colored circular of berried 

 shrubs. Their new fall trade list is es- 

 pecially full and complete this year. 



FOR SALE OR TO LET. 



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NOW IS THE TIME TO INSURE 

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