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The Florists' Heview 



Jui-Y lb, 1»15. 



Giant Nixed Pansy 



Trade Packet, 26c ; Oi • $1.60 



Tr. pkt. Oz. 



ACONITUM Nap«Uus JO.16 $0.40 



ALT8SDM Saxatile 10 .30 



AQUILKGIA, Lons-spurred 25 1.60 



BKIXIS Maxima 2ft 1.50 



CALLIOPSI8 Lanoeolata 10 .25 



CARNATION, Hardy Mixed 25 1.00 



DELPHINIUM Belladonna 25 2.50 



DIG1TAU8, Spotted 16 .40 



HOIXTHOCK8. Named 26 1.60 



IBKRIS Sempervlrens 26 2.60 



MTOSOTI8 Victoria. 25 .7 



PHLOX Deoussata 25 1.6 



PTRETHRUM, Sinffle 26 1.(0 



STOCKS, Winter-nowerins, Nice 26 2.50 



SWEBT PEAS- Lb. 



Ctiriatmas White 11.50 



Christmas Pink 1.60 



Christmas Lavender 2.00 



Christmas Salmon Pink 1.50 



wiLu&N ELUon & SONS " irrw'is*^ 



Mention The Rertew whon yon write. 



first impression then was that exporta- 

 tion would be impossible and that the 

 whole season would be lost. But the 

 results were really better than we an- 

 ticipated. Exportation was found pos- 

 sible to the United States without in- 

 terruption; also to England, Sweden, 

 Norway and Denmark, Germany and 

 Austria, France and even Eussia. Many 

 orders, however, were canceled or cut 

 down. Domestic readjustments made 

 necessary by the departure of so many 

 millions of men for the battlefields of 

 Europe caused the abandoning of much 

 of the garden beautifying which is an- 

 nually planned in the fall. For this 

 reason there came to be an enormous 

 surplus stock on the hands of the Dutch 

 bulb growers, especially of hyacinths, 

 which had already been somewhat too 

 plentiful even before the war. 



"Enormous quantities of bulbs, also, 

 seem to have been sent to public auc- 

 tions in several foreign countries, to be 

 sold in that way at exceedingly low 

 prices — which did not help the Dutch 

 bulb business. At the end of the ex- 

 port season tulips and narcissi proved 

 to be practically all sold, while there 

 still remained an important stock of 

 hyacinths in the warehouses, which had 

 to be thrown away in the end. 



"The prices of most kinds of bulbs 

 went down in August. Hyacinths could 

 be had at any figure; tulips in cases for 

 half the normal price. The ofiicial ex- 

 ])ort statistics show only a slight de- 

 crease compared with the record year 

 of 1913, but these figures are deceptive. 

 They can be accounted for by the large 

 size and greater weight of the bulbs, 

 and also by the large quantities sold at 

 auction, upon which there was little if 

 any profit to the venders or the bulb 

 growers. 



"The financial losses to the bulb 

 growers, although not perhaps so bad 

 as anticipated last August, have been 

 serious. But they depend to a certain 

 extent upon the character of the trade 

 supplied by the individual grower. 

 Firms dealing only with the United 

 States have not irreparably suffered, 

 while those exporting chiefly to Eussia 

 had an extremely bad year. 



"This spring the representatives of 



DUTCH BULBS 



PEARSON'S HONEY-WORTH QDALITY 



The kind you have always been trying to get. Prices based on quality, not 

 competition, and yet the prices are lower than those of most reliable 

 dealers. Let us have your name now for price list when ready, or better 

 still, let us have a list of your reauirements for prices. 



PETER PEARSON, 



Seedsman and 'lorlst, |%ll| J% M ^#a 

 5732-5752 Gunnison Street, wfl I V All U 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



Fitness ior Its Purpose 



Bulbs for outdoor planting. 

 Bulbs for forcing. 



Bulbs for Thanksgiving flowers. 

 Bulbs for Christmas flowers. 

 Bulbs for Easter flowers. 

 Bulbs for all occasions and purposes. 



What we want to emphasize Is the impor- 

 tance of "fitness -for Its purpose," and the 

 attention we give to it in every respect. 



Write us about your order. We can give 

 you interesting facts about our prices. Quality 

 and service. 



LECHNER BROS. 



WEBSTER GROVES, 



MISSOURI 



Agents for The Growers' Association, 



Anna Paulowna, Holland. 

 Mention Th» R»Tlew whm 70a wrjts. 



the bulb firms of Holland have traveled 

 as usual to take orders and make collec- 

 tions for former supplies. They report, 

 generally, that payments, even in the 

 countries at war, are coming in far bet- 

 ter than expected. They are, however, 

 booking their new orders, as a rule, 

 without definite arrangements as to 

 prices, as many large buyers of bulbs 

 prefer to wait until later before con- 

 firming their orders. If the war looks 

 as if it might continue into next 



Mention The Bevlcw when yon write. 



Cold Storage Valley 



CHICAGO MARKET BRAND 



Finest Valley, giving best results 



all year round— 

 $16.00 per 1000 $8.50 per 500 

 4.60 per 250 2.00 per 100 



FLORISTS* MONEY MAKER 



Best VaDey at moderate prices— 



$14.00 per 1000 $7.60 per 500 



$4.00 per 250 



H. N. BRUNS 



3040 Madison St., CHICAGO 



