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May 4, 190S. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



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AT A SACRIFICE 



Surplus BULBS 



OI<ADIOI.V«— 



AnKniita. The best florists' pure white variety 

 In existence. Selected bulbs, throw three 

 flower stalks, each branching In candelabra 

 form, with two and three heads of bloom. 



100 1000 



Immense bulbs (Augusta), 5 to 7 

 Inches In circumference $2.00 $20.00 



Begular wholesale price, $4.00 per 100. 



Wblte and L.lKht Mixed. The 

 best Florists' Mixture, extra large 

 bulbs. This Mixture will compare 

 with any higher priced white and 

 light Gladiolus mixture, offered 

 elsewhere as high as $25.00 per 1000, 

 It containing only white varieties, 

 best for florists' cutting 1.50 



Shakespeare, very laige bulbs 2.00 



I<II<inU. perfectly sound, from cold 

 storage. 



Speolosam Albam. 8 to 9 7.U0 



■. Kubrum, 8to9 B.OO 



9 to 11 7.50 



OLOXINIAR. named varieties, col- 

 ors separate, very large bulbs — 2.50 



FOR SPRING PLANTING. 



12.00 

 20.00 



60.00 

 50.00 

 70.00 



2U.0O 



100 1000 



15.00 



12.00 



20.00 



CANNA8. Grand Roaee. One of the 



finest ornamental foliage varieties 



(parent of Black Beiiuty) $2.00 $15.00 



CAL.ADIC1II8 (Elephants' Ears), 

 sound bulbs, all with center 



shoots, 6 to 8-lnch 2.00 



8 tolO-lnch 3.00 



Mammoth bulbs, 12-lnch and over.. .15.00 

 MONTBBETIAS, In variety 1.50 



SPOTTBD CAIiljAS, large bulbs... 3.00 



" " mailing bulbs. 1.50 



YELIjOW OAI.IiA8. large bulbs... 5.00 



" " mailing size . . 2.50 



BKD CAIil^AS. large bulbs 8.00 



BBOONIA8, New Single Frilled, 



mixed 10.00 



AHABTLLIS I^ongrlfolla alba, 



very large 5.00 



liOnKlfolla Bosea. very large... 5.00 

 FormoaUsIma (Jacobean Lily) 3.00 



Belladonna Major 7.00 



TUBEBOSB8, Variegated l.eaf.. 1.00 



Albino, single white branching... 1.00 



25.00 



8.00 

 8.0U 



Aak for Complete I.l«t of Perennials, Dormant Boaes, etc. 



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Importers, Exporters and Browers of SEEDS, BULBS and PLANTS 

 131 West 23rd Street, - - - NEW YORK. 



PAKXSADB NVBBBBXEB, SrAXKU.!., V. T. 



Mention The Review when you write 



The Tottenham Nurseries Ltd. 



(EstabUshed in 1878.) 

 Managing Director, A. M. C. VAN DER U ST. 



Dedemsvaart, Holland. 



Headquarters for Hardy Ferennlali, amonR 

 which are the latest and cboicest. 13 acres 

 devoted for RrowiDK this line, including Anemo- 

 ne, Aster, Campanula, Delphinium. Funkias, 

 HemerocalUs, Uepatlca. Incaryillea. Iris, 

 PeoDles, Phlox decussata and suflrutlcoBa, 

 Primula. Pyretbrum, Tritoma. Hardy Heath, 

 Hardy Ferns. Also 5 acres of Daffodils, 12 acres 

 of Conifers, specially younir choice varieties to 

 be grown on; 8 acres Rhododendrons, including 

 the best American and Alpine varieties : 2 acres 

 Hydrangeas. We make it a point to grow all 

 the latest novelties in these lines. Ask for catalog. 

 Mention Tbe BeTlew when yon write. 



Phylloeactl. Sacculents, 

 Begonias. 



_ FRANTZ De LAET, 



COVTZCK (Belffinm,) 



Makes a P APTI 



Specialty of ^-'**^-' ■ ■ 



and Succulent Plants— Import— Export. 

 Tuberous Begonias a specialty, finest type 

 cultivated. Ask for my catalogue. 

 Mention The Review whtn you write 



KABOBBT STOCK OF A&L 



BELGIAN PLANTS! 



Aialeas, Araucarias, Sweet Bays, 

 Palms, Beg^onias, Gloxinias, etc. 



LOUIS VAN HOUTTE PERE 



GHENT, Belgium. 



Mention The Review when you write 



VAN DER WEIJDEN & CO. 



Tha Vnrserlas, B08X00P. UOJAAMH. 



We are ofTering to the trade a fine lot of flrst- 

 clasB Nursery and Florist stock— Rhododendron, 

 Azalea (Indlca). Peonies. Roses, onlfer8,eto. 

 Ask for catalogue with special prices. 

 Address all correspondence to 

 Mr. D. O. WIBGAND BKC8S, care of If altus 

 A Ware, 136 Water St., NEW YORK. 

 For the trade only. No agents. 

 Mention The Review when yoo write. 



Always mention the FIoriitB' Review when 

 writing advertisers. 



In the pea and bean growing district 

 of Michigan some seed has gone into 

 the ground. Conditions are favorable. 



It is stated by a Kinsman, 0., paper 

 that John Lewis Childs paid Frank Ban- 

 ning $4,000 for the Keuben H. Warder 

 gladiolus, Mr. Banning reserving a certain 

 amount of stock for his own use. 



Herbert G. Txjll, of the H. A. Dreer 

 Co., is pushing his action in the Supreme 

 Court of New York to determine which, 

 policyholder or stockholder, has right 

 of ownership in the Equitable Life's big 

 surplus fund. 



M.GIELEN,OuilenbosGh, Holland 



Karffast growx of Field-Orown 

 Xosas on tlia oontlnant. 



^ANlTTI STOCKa weU* rooted, fine 



stock 7—10 mm., IB.QO per ICOO; 

 $400.00 per 100,000. Correspondence solicited. 

 4^ New Catalogue Now Ready. Ask for same. 

 Mention The Review when yon write 



Seed Trade News. 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCUTION. 



Pres., C. N. Page, Des Moines, la ; First Vlce- 

 Pres., li. U May, St. Paul; Sec'y and Treas., C. E. 

 Eendel, Cleveland. The 23rd annual meeting 

 wUl be held on the St. Lawrence, June, 1906. 



Large sizes of caladiums are reported 

 scarce. 



Express shipments of seeds have been 

 tied up for a week at Chicago because of 

 the teamsters' strike. 



At southern points the season is pretty 

 well at a close. Totals are very satis- 

 factory and stocks well cleaned up. 



The absence of a surplus at California 

 growing points the past season has re- 

 sulted in quite an increase in acreage. 



Counter sales are at their height just 

 now and the scarcity of trained help is 

 felt more severely than at any other time. 



With a good many catalogue houses 

 April subtracted something for the gain 

 in business shown in March but May 

 starts well. 



The wholesale seedsmen have closed 

 the book of the season of 1905 and are 

 busy with the stage settings for the 

 season of 1906. 



The man who thought he was going to 

 get "steen" dollars a bushel for sweet 

 corn before the end of the season has 

 been disappointed. 



REAPPRAISEMENTS OF SEEDS. 



On April 27 the Board of General 

 Appraisers announced the following reap- 

 praisements on seeds from Cooper, Ta- 

 ber & Co., London, exported November 

 18: 



Dwarf Curled kalef, entered at 75 

 shillings, advanced to SOs per cwt. 



Purple Top Strap Leaf turnip, en- 

 tered at 38s, advanced to 40s per cwt. 



Milan Purple Top turnip, entered at 

 84s, advanced to 100s per cwt. 



Milan White turnip, entered at 100s, 

 advanced to 110s per cwt. Add bags. 



STOCKS AT QUEDLINBURG. 



The following is from the Quedlin- 

 burg, Germany, correspondent of the 

 Horticultural Trade Journal: 



The wholesale seed season, now at an end, 

 has been about an average one. Many sorts 

 were sold out soon after the beginning of the 

 season, while others have left considerable 

 surplus stocks. 



For the following the demand was very brisk, 

 and more or less exceeded the supply: Peas, 

 Daisy Gradus, these two sorts were the very 

 scarcest; then Wltham Wonder, Duke of Al- 

 bany, William Hurst, American Wonder, Abun- 

 dance, Champion of England, Sunrise, Dr. Mc- 

 Lean, Nonpareil, Stratagem and similar varie- 

 ties; Scarlet Runners exceedingly scarce; 

 Painted Lady, very scarce. There was also a 

 shortage of the following, beetroot: Egyptian 

 Turnip-rooted, Early Rlood turnip. Long Blood- 

 red; carrots, principal sorts; celerlac, chervil, 

 cress; cucumbers, half -long and short varieties; 

 leek; lettuce, a few of the leading sorts; 

 onion, all sorts, excepting white; spinach, 

 nearly all sorts, mostly thick crumpled-leaved 

 round-seeded; parsley; radish, nearly all vari- 

 eties. 



Whereas for the hereafter named articles the 

 demand was below or far below the supply: 

 Peas, many of the earlr round-seeded sorts; 

 beans, some of the large-podded dwarf and 

 running varieties; borecole; cabbage, cucum- 

 ber, some of the long sorts; endive, kohl rabi, 

 lettuce, several kinds; parsnip, turnips, garden 

 or table sorts. 



For most of the sorts the demand for flower 

 seeds was nearly equal ror some! below, and 

 for several far beyond the supply. Scarce, and 

 very scarce were nasturtiums. Phlox Dram- 

 mondl, asler, some of the finer varieties; marl- 

 gold, French and African;' wallflowers, some 

 varieties; Alyssum Benthiiml compaetum, and 

 procumbens; ageratum, coreopsis; candytuft, 

 chiefly Empress; Delphinium casbmerlannm and 

 nudlcaule; nemophlla; Salvia Patens; Wablen- 

 bergla grandlflora. 



MR. FERRY FAVORS YOUTH. 



The following interview is clipped 

 from the Press, of Santa Barbara, Cal., 

 dated April 22: 



D. M. Ferry, the largest seed grower of the 

 country. Is In the city from Detroit, Mich., 

 with Mrs. Ferry and maid, with rooms at the 

 Potter hotel. 



"I am out here for climate, not speculation," 

 said Mr. Ferry yesterday. "I made that same 

 remark thirty years ago to a man who is now 

 one of the wealthiest residents of Redlands. I 

 went Into that country by stage before the 

 Southern Pacific had built its lines, and he was 

 showing me a fine stretch of land between his 

 home and the proposed railroad line, and told 

 me that he could buy the whole tract for $1.25 

 an acre. It is now the city of Redlands and is 

 worth many hundreds of dollars an acre. 



"My business sprang from a small seed farm 

 started by myself when a youth. Like Mr. Pot- 

 ter of this hotel, I believe In the ability of 



