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The Weekly Horfst^ Review.; 



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OCTOBBB 27, 



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Freesia Bulbs! 



100 1000 100 1000 



First Blie, ^-In and up.iO.7A $6.60 Mammotli tl.OO 98.00 



Bztrft " ^-ia. andup. .85 7.00 Sanpleof 40 Bulbs, Mcb size, wnt for $1.00 



STDMPP & WALTER CO. s.i^rsT NEW YORK 



BRANCH STORE 404 EAST 34th STREET 



Mi*ntl<iD Tbe Iterlew wbeD jou write. 



Cucumber seed, notwithstanding fa- 

 vorable fall weather, dries out exceed- 

 ingly light with all growers who have 

 completed operations. Even the milling 

 process, with the latest appliances for 

 getting out the light seed, fails to bring 

 out an up to standard sample. 



An illustrated account of an eastern 

 seedsman 's tour of inspection among Cali- 

 fornia seed growers is begun in this is- 

 sue. Another installment will appear 

 next week, covering the Santa Clara dis- 

 trict, with accounts of the specialties 

 and methods pursued at each place. If 

 you receive a sample copy of this issue 

 and want the rest of the story, send $1 

 at once. 



CRENSHAV7 Beos., Tampa, Fla., write 

 as follows: "Owing to the dry weather 

 we have experienced in the past few 

 weeks the velvet bean crop will be cut 

 somewhat shorter than was anticipated 

 by growers, but, if no early cold, the 

 crop will average that of last season. 

 Prices will probably range in car load 

 lots from $1.40 to $1.65. The melon 

 Beed crop harvested out this season bet- 

 ter than was anticipated." 



BRITISH SEEDS. 

 One of the principal European sources 

 of supply on turnips, swede and beet, as 

 well as some other things, is W. W. John- 

 son & Son, Boston, England. The man- 

 ager, K J. Deal, visited the principal 

 dealers in the United States in the spring 

 of 1903 with the result of largely in- 

 creasing their business in this country and 

 few American seedsmen visit England 

 without spending a day on this firm's 

 trial grounds at Boston. They do a very 

 large trade with England's Australasian 

 colonies, making shipments in large iron 

 tanks in which the seed bags are packed 

 and the tanks then hermetically sealed. 

 Twenty-eight and one-half tons of turnip 

 seed so packed, each tank weighing near- 

 ly a ton, were shipped to New Zealand 

 last season. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



V. Lemoine & Son, Nancy, France, 

 pl^ts; G. M. Bacon Co., De Witt, Ga., 

 pecans; M. Herb, Naples, Italy, seeds; 

 Sluis & Groot, Enkhuizen, Holland, 

 seeds; F. C. Heinemann, Erfurt, Ger- 

 many, seeds; Perry's Hardy Plant Farm, 

 London, England, hardy border and rock 

 plants; J. Balme & Co., City of Mexico, 

 orchids and cacti ; Roustan, Servan & Co., 

 St. Eemy de Provence, France, seeds. 



SCOTCH PINKS. 



Can grass or Scotch pinks be propa- 

 gated at this time of year or are they 

 best raised from seed and whenf 



C. U. 



Grass or Scotch pinks, so called, are 



SNAP- HIGH GRADE BDLBS-'''^Jff, 



The activity of tbs BUtB VABXBT reminds one of the ffame of 8VAP- 

 The scarcity of desirable stocks so early In the season Is rcmirkable. 



QUICKLY 



TULIP8. Per 100 Per 1 000 



Artus. red 9126 110 60 



Belle Alliance scarlet 2UU 17.60 



rhrveolora. yellow 90 80i 



Crimson Klnp 123 lOiO 



Kelzerskroon. red and yellrw 125 1060 



L.a Reine, white. <>xtra Quality 76 676 



Poitebaklier. scarlet 160 14.UU 



Pottebakker. yellow 1.26 1' 6U 



Yellow frlDce 100 900 



Superfine, slngrle. mixed 76 6.60 



Superfl'ie. douole mixed 9J 7.60 



SEND FOR OUR COMPLiETE 

 BUL,B L.IMT. 



NARCISSUS. P«>r 100 Per 1 0(X> 



Giant PriDceps 9086 1760 



Trumpet Major (single Von Sion), 



flue bulbs IfO 90O 



Double Incomparable, ypllow 76 6.50 



Al ia Plena (double, white) 76 6 00 



Von Sion double, extra quality. . . 1.40 12 60 



DUTCH HYACINTHS. 



Sinrle. nep. colors 2 76 260O 



Named fiU varieties 4.0J 37.UO 



CROCUS. ^ 



Separatd colors or mixed .26 1.76 



Named sorts 40 8.50 



JOHNSON & STOKES, w>ARf^lr%^zzT. PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



MAntInn Th» R^vt^w wh^n too writ* 



Gladiolus for Forcing 



Blushing Bride !:'.:riS.IS W S'-.T E«m"«"< 'w Eiilj FMcmg. 



40c per dos.; 93.50 per 100; tSO.OO per 1000. 



^ W. W. RAWSON & CO., Seedsmen, ;i^^g;;:;L. Poston.J 



Mention The Review when you write. 



usually propagated by layers, usually 

 in August, and the rooted stem can be 

 removed to a new position in the follow- 

 ing spring. As this is a true dianthus, 

 as much as is our beautiful carnation, 

 which roots readily in the fall, why 

 should not the grass pinks also root? 

 Little heat should be used, either top or 

 bottom, and if you succeed in rooting 

 them keep them very cool during winter. 

 W. S. 



BOSTON SEED TRADE BOWLERS. 



The seed trade employes have or- 

 ganized a bowling league. The follow- 

 ing games were played October 17: 



Srhlegel &. Pettier. Ist 2d 3d T'l 



Gates 74 65 64 203 



Cabin 58 68 68 184 



Buckley 67 75 67 199 



Gnerlnean 83 75 72 23l> 



Woods 68 64 63 185 



Totals 330 337 334 1,001 



Breck & Sons. Ist 2d 



Dacey 70 55 



Gleason 67 66 



Armstrong 72 77 



Enholra 81 69 



Wheaton 91 80 



Totals 381 347 



The following games were 

 tober 24: 



Rawson & Co. 1st 



Cheney 62 



Taylor 64 



Fraser 47 



Puld 88 



Peny eo 



3d 



65 

 70 

 83 

 75 



84 



T'l 



190 

 2' '3 

 282 

 225 

 255 



377 1.105 



rolled Oc- 



Totals 310 



Parquhar & Co. 1st 



Davy 74 



Porter 66 



Neilsson 66 



Beaton 66 



James 75 



Totals 337 



2d 



63 

 69 

 64 

 65 

 66 



317 



2d 

 80 

 72 

 66 

 65 

 02 



375 



3d 



83 

 64 

 39 

 82 

 86 



354 



3d 

 »« 

 76 

 61 

 65 

 87 



T'l 

 198 

 177 

 150 

 235 

 221 



081 



T'l 

 260 

 214 

 182 

 186 

 255 



JAPAN 

 Lilium Longiflorum 



NOW ON HAND. 



ALSO 



LILIUM HARRISII and 



ALL DUTCH BULBS. 



JUST ABSZVBO— TBBBK BBXDS. 

 ▲reoa Xint«aoeiis....at 93.00 per lOOO 



J. M. THORBURN & CO. 



36 Cortlandt SL NEW YOBK. 



375 1,087 



REES&COMPERE 



PO8T OFriCX i^DDRKSS: 



I.ONO BBACU, OAL. , K. F. D. No. 1. 



S^J^r FRIESIA BULBS '-^.s. 



gpBCiALTiKS— Freesias. Grand Duchess Ozalls, 

 Bermuda Buitercup. Amaryllis Johnsonil and 

 BelJadonna. Gladioli. Ornlihoiralum. Zephyran- 

 thes Rosea and Candida. Chlidanthus Fragrans, 

 Hybrid Tlrri<31as. Chinese Narcissus, etc. etc. 



Lexington, Ky. — Honaker has en- 

 larged and redecorated his store and 

 may now with justice claim to have on© 

 of the best appointed retail places in the 

 whole south. 



