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Tfie Florists' Review 



JuLT 81, 1919. 



the growers of bulbs have succumbed to 

 the same influences which have upset all 

 calculations on French and Japanese 

 bulbs. Dry weather in May is alleged 

 to have greatly reduced the crop, es- 

 pecially of the larger sizes, one of the 

 largest shippers stating that there are 

 only about half as many 7 to 9s and 9 

 to 10s as he counted on when he booked 

 his orders. He says he had bought of 

 other growers about 50,000 bulbs, but 

 that he did not get them, ' ' a man from 

 New York having gone to the growers 

 and offered them much higher prices, 

 $200 for 9 to 10s and $120 or Jsetter for 

 7 to 9s. Bids of $125 for 7 to 9s and 

 $250 for 9 to lOs now bring no offers of 

 bulbs." With sales made by American 

 jobbers against expected arrivals, deliv- 

 eries under the circumstances are im- 

 possible and nobody knows who will 

 eventually pot up the season's output 

 of bulbs. 



SEED BIDS OPENED. 



Bids for furnishing the seeds required 

 by the Department of Agriculture for 

 congressional free distribution during 

 the coming year were opened Tuesday 

 afternoon, July 22. They were not, 

 however, made public. 



It is known that the bids in some in- 

 stances were materially lower than last 

 year's, and substantially lower all along 

 the line. It is authoritatively stated 

 that they were lower than those made 

 before the war. 



More than fifty bids were offered, or 

 about the average number during the 

 list five years. During the few years 

 preceding the war, the bidders averaged 

 in the neighborhood of ninety. 



The department will purchase about 

 $200,000 worth of seed. The appropria- 

 tion is $358,900. The difference between 

 the amount actually expended in seed 

 and the amount of the appropriation is 

 absorbed in overhead charges involved^ 

 in distribution. 



It is expected that the department 

 will make awards of contracts during the 

 week ending August 2. 



THE CANTAIX)XJPE DISTRICTS. 



A feature of the cantaloupe crop in 

 recent years has been the tendency to 

 shift heaviest production to the far west 

 and the southwest. Last year, Califor- 

 nia and Arizona together produced 

 about one-half of the crop, and the pro- 

 portion so far this year of the western 

 production seems to be still larger. 



California has an enormous crop of 

 good quality, likely to far exceed the 

 early estimate, which indicated a pro- 

 duction of about 7,000 carloads, com- 

 pared with estimates of 7,000 to 8,000 

 carloads in each of the three preceding 

 seasons. The Arizona forecast is double 

 that for 1918 and about one-third of 

 the figures estimated for California. To- 

 ward the middle of July, Arizona ship- 

 ments were exceeding those from Cali- 

 fornia, which was approaching gradually 

 the end of shipments from the southern 

 part of the state. 



Colorado in recent seasons has pro- 

 duced a crop estimated at 1,700 to 2,000 

 pars annually. The Georgia estimate for 

 this year exceeds 1,000 cars, compared 

 with 485 for last year, but this state ap- 

 proached 3,000 cars estimated ^yroduc- 

 tion in 1917 and exceeded 2,000 cars in 

 1916. South Carolina should produce 

 nearly half as many as Georgia this 

 season, with estimate of 425 this year as 

 compared with 153 for last year. Pres- 



CYCLAMEN £S^£?'.?SIJSK&.*^ «"*^ 



Heavy stock, 8-inch. $80.00 per 100. 8>fl-inch. $85.M per 100. Shipment at once. 



POINSETTIAS 



We will have them in Quantity. July delivery. MM per 100; SOS.0O per 1000. 



Aucnst delivery. 9.00 per 100: 86.00 per 1000. 

 Carefully packed in paper pots. Ton may have either the standard strain or stock from t 

 California strain, whichever you prefer. 



ROSES 



1000 Ophelia. 2ia-inch Sl0e.00 per 1000 1000 Opbefla. 4-inch, beavy $160.00 per 1000 



6M My Maryland. 2is-inch. heavy ..Sll6.00per 1000 

 Francis Scott Key. Rosalind, Killamey Brilliant. Sunbunt, White Killamey and Misnon. , 



8^-inch pots. 126.00 per 100. 



SIM'S GOLD MEDAL PANSY SEED 



His final selection of the best of that wonderful strain. H oz.. ^M; hi ex., S7.60; 1 oz., $16.00. •■ 



FRENCH HYDRANGEA LILIE MOUILLERE 



The best all-around pink Hydrangea, Deep pink with light eye. Colors up early and holds a long 

 time. 2^-inch, strong plants. $12.00 per 100; $100.00 per 1000. 



BEGONIA CINCINNATI hi v. 



Ready in August, from top cuttings. $20.00 per 100. ' ' '' 



EUPHORBIA JACQUINIAEFLORA. 2i4inch (ready) .$16.00 per 100 



HY9RANQKA BABY BIMBINETTB (new pink) $12.00 per 100; $100.00 per 1000 



CHRISTMAS JOY PEPPER, 214-inch ...per 100. $7.00 



FERN FLATS, guaranteed 2M perflat. 2.60 



BIRD'S-NEST FERN, excellent little plants. 2-inch pots ...per 100. 12.60 



GODFREY CALLAS, 3 and 3^-in.. to move <at once. $SM per 100. Selected, heavy. 

 $10.00 per 100. 



Cash or satisfactory trade referenced. No C. 0. U. shipments. 



L. J. Reuter Co., K»iX£kfRea<. Waltham, Mass. 



Snapdragons 



have proved to be the greatest money-makers of 

 any greenhouse plants. Join the ever-increas- 

 ing ranks and have a house of SNAPDRAGON 

 next winter. 



Seed of our famous Silver Pink, $1.00 per pkt.; 

 8 for $2.60; 7 for $6.00. 



Seed of our new Hybrid Pink and of our new 

 0»lden Pink Queen, same price. 



Seed of Keystone, Nelrose, Garnet. White. 

 Tellew. Light Pink, Buxton, and Fancy Mixed. 

 36c per pkt.; 3 for $1.00. 



Free cultural directions. All orders cash. 



G. S. RANSBURG, SONERSWORTH,N.H. 



Gladioli, Peonies, Dahlias, 



HOLLAND BULBS 



UNITED BULB CO., Inc. 



Mount Clemen*, Mich. 



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H F L L h R S 

 M I r L 

 PHOOl 

 SEED 



Scat for Cililogtc. 



HELLER & CO. 



MonMicCcr.Oliio 



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ent estimates are about the average of 

 productiomjn 1917 ajftd 1916 for this 

 state. Most other eastern and middle- 

 western sections have declined in pro- 

 duction in recent seasons. 



Actual shipments each season have 

 ranged from half to two-thirds of the es- 

 timated production. 



IMPORTS OF GRASS SEED. 



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- 



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Fleriats' seeds, plants atid bulbs. A com- 

 plete steck of all the leading varieties. 



Bgy Yoir Seeds from Mea Wfe* Kmw 



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SEEDS, PLANTS 

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BARCLAY NURSERY, 



14 West Broadway, NKW YORK 



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Schiller's 



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Primroses 



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