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The Florists^ Review 



NOVEHBKR 20. 1919. 



pound. These are 'some' figures, com- 

 pared with what ordinary varieties are 

 offered here at. It appears to let day- 

 light on the subject. 



"The recent statistics of the U. S. A. 

 flower seed industry show 473 acres of 

 Spencers, ordinary, against eighty-two 

 of Early Spencers. Those eighty-two 

 acres would be worth while at prevailing 

 rates. The rest would not get much at- 

 tention, hence could be sold cheaply, and 

 maybe, to make the bulk larger, quite 

 a lot of standard mixed, plus grandiflo- 

 ras — and there are over 1,000 acres of 

 these, mind you — fall in. At least the 

 samples I grew this season suggest it, 

 and to help the home producer out of 

 business, merchants over here handle it. 

 Dearie me! ' ' 



IMPOSTS OF PLANTS AND BUIaBS. 



The following are the imports of 

 plants, bulbs, trees, shrubs and vines 

 for the fourth quarter — April 1 to June 

 30, 1919 — of the government 's last fiscal 

 year, as reported by the U. S. Depart- 

 ment of Commerce. In each case the 

 number of plants or other articles is 

 stated, with their total value. 



Bulbs, bulb roots, or corms, cultivated for their 

 flowers or foliage — Hyacinth bulbs, astilbe, di- 

 elytra and lily of the valley clumps, 8,000, $362; 

 lily bulbs and calla bulbs or conns, 93,000, 

 15,727 ; Uly of the valley pips, tulips, narcissua, 

 begonia and gloxinia bulbs, 121,000, $3,513; 

 peony, herbaceous. Iris Ksempferl or germanlca, 

 canna, dahlia and amaryllls bulbs, 03,000, 

 15,861 ; all other bulbs, root«, root stocks, 

 corms and tubers which are cultivated for their 

 flowers or foliage, 2,152,000, $24,836. 



Bulbs, mature mother flowering, imported ex- 

 clusively for propagating purposes — 1,553,000, 

 $29,704. Fruit plants, tropical and semitropi- 

 cal, for the puriwse of propagation or cultiva- 

 tion — 43,000, $1,148. Orchids, palms and 

 Azalea indica — 141.841, $145,204. Orchids, 

 palms and Azalea indica (from Philippine Islands) 

 — 2,010, $2,005. Plants, trees, shrubs, roots, 

 seed cane and seeds. Imported by the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture or the United States Bo- 

 tanic Garden — $190. Rose plants, budded, 

 f rafted, or grown on their own roots — 41,862,000, 

 6,173. 

 Stocks, cuttings and seedlings — Fruit and or- 

 namental trees, deciduous and evergreen shrubs 

 and vines, and all trees, shrubs, plants and vines 

 commonly known as nursery or greenhouse stock, 

 n.s.p.f., 2,371,000, $294,049; Myrobalan plum, 

 Mahaleb or Mazzard cherry, Manetti multlflora 

 and briar rose, Rosa rugosa, 3 years old or 

 less, 2,221,000, $20,918; pear, apple, quince, and 

 the St. Julien plum, 3 years old or less, 1,102,- 

 000. $9,214. 



Total plants, trees, shrubs and vines — Free, 

 $33,047; dutiable, $615,857. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Kobert Nicholson, Dallas, Tex. — "Nicholson's 

 Notes, a Little Magazine for Seed Dealers," in 

 which about half the space is occupied by brief 

 articles and pithy paragraphs, and the other half 

 contains a wholesale price list of garden and 

 field seeds; twenty-four pages, in pocket form. 

 According to the title-page, these "notes" are 

 published "every now and then" and the sub- 

 scription price is "your good will." 



Beckert's S«ed Store, Pittsburgh, Pa.— "Get- 

 ting Acquainted with Your Seedsman," a 16-page 

 Illustrated booklet, printed with brown ink on 

 cream-tinted paper; not a complete catalogue, but 

 a list of specialties in vegetable seeds, with some 

 "intimate facts concerning aims and principles." 



Watkins tc Simpson, Ltd., London, England. — 

 A special wholesale catalogue of seeds of newer 

 and rarer varieties of flowers and ■vegetables; 

 Illustrated, sixteen pages and cover. The stock 

 offered is carefully classified under two heads, 

 "Novelties" and "Recent Novelties and Special- 

 ties." Among the novelties in flowers are three 

 verbenas, four antirrhinums and half a dozen 

 sweet peas. The prices are in English currency. 



Banish Soed Import, Minneapolis, Minn. — "Pre- 

 liminary Wliolesale Price List, for Market Gar- 

 deners and Florists," a i6-page, condensed cata- 

 logue of vegetable and flower seeds. Danish seeds 

 are a specialty, but the stock as a whole, says 

 Chris Mosbjerg, the proprietor, is from "reliable 

 growers both here and abroad." 



Safepack Mills, Boston. Mass. — "Safe Pack- 

 ing," an artistic and unique 16-page booklet, ex- 

 plaining the use of the Safepack waterproof wrap- 

 ping material and also giving some general sug- 

 gestions on packing for shipment. The booklet 

 is worth noting as a good example of skillful ad- 

 vertising. The text and pictures are Interesting, 

 even entertaining, and also convincing. 



E. Turbat & Co., Orleans, France. — A fompre- 

 hensiye wholesale catalogue of nursery stock; 

 116 pages, with no illustrations aiul with only 

 brief descriptions. The priceK are quoted in Eng- 



Dutch BULBS French 



"QUALITY, A BIT BETTER" 



HYACINTHS, 1st size, $9.00 per 100; $85.00 per 1000 



La Victoire * Queen of the Blues L' Innocence 



Gertrude Gen. De Wet Moreno 



Grand Maitre Johan La Grandesse 



King of the Blues Gigantea 



2nd Size, as above, $7.00 per 100; $65.00 per 1000 

 3rd " " " 5.00 " 50.00 



MINIATURE HYACINTHS, $28.00 per lOOO 



Gertrude Grand Maitre La Grandesse Roi Des Beiges 

 King of the Blues Queen of the Blues 



SPECIAL — Prepared Dutch Romans, $45 00 per lOOO 



SINGLE EARLY TULIPS 



Artus $23.00 perlOOO While Hawk. ...$30.00 per 1000 Thomas Moore. $26.00 perlOOO 



Belle Alliance.. 27.00 " White Swan... 25.00 " Rose Grisdelin. 29.00 



Chrysolora 28.00 " Cottage Ma'd... 25.00 " Keizerskroon . v8.00 



Yellow Prince .. 27 00 " Fred Moore .... 25.00 " Double Murillo 25.00 



PAPER WHITE NARCISSUS, Barclay Brand, 



IdOO 10 case special 



750 to case 



JUMBO SOLEIL D'OR, 1000 to case 65.00 



Barclay Brand GIGANTEUM LILIES. 7 to 9, 3 M) to case . . 60.< 



All Other Varieties of Bulbs in Stock 



WRITE FOR PRICES CASH WITH ORDER 



BARCLAY NURSERY, Ne^wYorg 



$27.00 per case 

 38.00 



Mention The Review wlien 70U write. 



Crop Giganteum Lily Bulbs 



Immediate Delivery F, O. B, Chicago, Pittsburgh, New York 



7/9 (300), 8/10 (225), 9/10 (200). Price $57.50 per case 

 STOCK LIMITED, RELIABLE BULBS 



HOLLAND BULBS-Hyacinth, Tulip, Narcissus 



Chas. Niemann, zTpTol^dw-y, New York 



Mention Tbe RcTtew when ron write. 



FOR DUTCH BULBS u^rlteto 



VAN MEEUWEN & TEGELAAR 



1133 Broadway, cor. 26th St., NEW YORK 



Lilium Fortnosum, 7/9 per case, $75.00 LiUum Giganteum, 7/9 per case. $60.00 



Gladiolus America, 119-inch and up per 1000, $30.00 



m to li2-inch.. perlOOO, 24.00 



1 to m -inch.. perlOOO, 18.00 



IMMEDIATE DELIVERY - F. 0. B. NEW YORK CITY - SUBJECT TO PRIOR SALE 

 Mention Tlie Beylew when you write^ 



Chas. Schwake & Co., Inc. 



LILY OF THE VALLEY 

 Jiyucse LHics, rrMch and Datdi Bilks 



80-92 West Bmlwir NEW YORK 



Mentloa !%• B«t1«w wkea 70a writs. 



The General Bulb Company 



Established 1883 



VOGELENZANG (Holland) 



American Branch: 



110 Water Stmt, NEW YORK 



Mention Tbe ReTiew when 7011 wr***. 



