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The Florists^ Review 



NOVEMBEB 14, 1018. 



Wethersfield will be down to twenty- 

 five or thirty per cent, and some of the 

 yellows eighty to ninety per cent. The 

 lettuce crop was fairly good with me, 

 and I shall make practically a full de- 

 livery, although I will say that much of 

 the lettuce that was out in our Septem- 

 ber rains was discolored. The vitality 

 of such, though, is good. 



"Table beet was fairly good and the 

 leading varieties will probably be filled 

 in full or nearly so, while on some of 

 the minor varieties the pro rata delivery 

 will be forty to fifty per cent. Carrot 

 was fair and will be filled practically 

 in full. Badish was filled in full by 

 me, with the exception of the white and 

 long red varieties. I did fill in full on 

 all globe and turnip shapes. Parsley 

 was poor, with the exception of Cham- 

 pion Moss Curled. On Hamburg Rooted 

 I made a fair showing, plain parsley 

 good, and Champion Moss Curled about 

 five per cent. Parsnip is not yet cleaned, 

 but I hope to make at least a seventy 

 to seventy-five per cent delivery. Sweet 

 peas were poor, many of them being 

 entirely destroyed by the September 

 rains. Salsify was poor and deliveries 

 ran about thirty per cent." 



FOBAaE-PLANT SEED IMPORTS. 



The following table prepared in the 

 seed laboratory of the Bureau of Plant 

 Industry, United States Department of 

 Agriculture, shows the amount of the 

 various kinds of forage-plant seeds sub- 

 ject to the seed-importation act per- 

 mitted entry into the United States dur- 

 ing the month of October, 1917, as com- 

 pared with October, 1918. 



Oct., 1917. Oct.. 1918. 



Kind of seed. Pounds. Pounds. 



Alfalfa 54.700 



Bluegrass, Canada 2,500 7,800 



Clover: 



Alsike 148,300 1,293,400 



Crimson 7.3,500 66,000 



Red 83.400 200 



White 2,000 



Clover mixtures, white and 



alsike 7,.'>00 



Grass mixtures 100 



Rape 3,054,700 200 



Redtop 4,100 



Ryegrass ; 



English .54,300 115,300 



Italian 13,400 2,600 



Timothy 1,100 



Vetch: 



Hairy 1,600 20,300 



Spring 21,400 



DUTCH BULB ACREAGE. 



The approach of the end of the war 

 lends interest to the situation in which 

 the Holland bulb growers find them- 

 selves, for an early return to unre- 

 stricted intercourse is in prospect. The 

 growers of bulbs have had to meet ad- 

 verse conditions for the last five crop 

 years. In addition to increased cost and 

 restricted foreign markets and shipping 

 facilities, their government has taken a 

 hand by prescribing the uses of land. 

 The result has been a steady reduction 

 in acreage and in stocks of bulbs car- 

 ried over for planting. 



One well informed Hollander puts the 

 stock of bulbs in Holland at planting 

 time this year at about forty per cent 

 of the quantity on hand when the 1914 

 crop was planted in the autumn of 1913. 

 The stock consists principally of the 

 varieties that command the higher 

 prices, the stocks disposed of being, for 

 obvious reasons, the cheap sorts which 

 returned little money for the space oc- 

 cupied. 



The exporters are not looking for 

 lower prices for the 1919 crop. They 

 figure that the English, German and 



WHY DON'T YOU ORDER SOME 



TE^t^ Sweet Peas? 



READY FOR DEUVERY NOW 



Pkt. Oz. ^4 lb. 



Asta Ohn. Lavender $0.25 $1.25 $3.50 



Blanche Ferry 15 .75 2.50 



Cream. Primrose 26 1.26 3.50 



Early Snowflake. Pure white 16 .76 2.50 



Heatherbell. Lavender-mauve 15 .76 2.50 



Helen Le^ris. Salmon-pink 25 1.26 3.60 



Hercules. Rich pink 25 1.25 3.50 



Melody. Soft rose 15 .76 2.60 



Morning Star. Orange-scarlet 16 .75 2.60 



Mrs. Spanolin. White 15 .76 2.50 



Rose Queen. Rose-piuk 25 1.25 3.50 



Song Bird. Pale rose 15 .75 2.60 



Spring Maid. Light pink and cream 15 .75 2.50 



Venus. White, flushed pink 25 1.25 3.50 



Wedgwood. Clear blue 25 1.25 3.50 



White Orchid. Pure white 15 .75 2.60 



AUSTRALIAN VARIETIES 



(CONCORD STRAIN) Pkt. ^ oz. 1 oz. 



Concord Pink $0.50 $1.60 $2.50 



Concord Crimson 50 1.50 2.60 



Concord Lavender 50 1.50 2.50 



Concord White 50 1.50 2.60 



Concord Salmon 50 1.50 2.50 



Concord Purple 50 1.50 2.50 



Yarrawa. Rose-pink and cream 15 .60 1.00 



We have on hand fresh seed of Giant Flowered Cyclamen in all popu- 

 lar colors, also Primula, Cineraria, Calceolaria; Perennial Flower 

 Seeds for summer sowing and Annuals for winter flowering under glass. 



STUMPP S WALTER CO., 



30-32 Barclay Street, 

 NEW YORK 



Cold Storage Giganteum 



PLACE YOUR ORDER NOW 



Embargo is still in force, and there will be no new stock here in 

 time for Easter forcing. All bulbs inspected before shipping. 



Per 100 Per case 



7 to 9-inch (300 bulbs to case) . . . .$ 7.50 $21.00 

 9 to 11-inch (200 bulbs to case) .... 16.00 30.00 



A. HENDERSON & CO. 



211 N. State St., 



CHICAGO 



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FROM COLD STORAGE 



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In cases of 300 bulbs. Write for prices. 



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