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Sbptbmbeb 21, 1905. 



The Weekly Rorists* Review. 



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"Bonitfa" is used on the 

 lawns of the Gtpital Grounds, 

 Washington, D. C, and in the 

 following departments of the 

 same city: Congressional Library 

 Grounds, Botanical Gardens, 

 Soldiers' Home and Zoological 

 Gardens. 



*'Bonora" increases root ac- 

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''Bonora'* will make your 

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 largely increasing the stems of 

 the roses, carnations, chrysanthe- 

 mums and all decorative plants. 



''Bonora*' should be used in 

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"Bonora" causes all plant 

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Seed Trade News. 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOaATION. 



Free., W. H. Grenell. Sarlnaw, W. S., Mich.; 

 First Vice- Pres., L. L- May, St. Paul; Sec'y and 

 Treas., C. E. Kendel, Cleveland. The 24th annual 

 meeting will be held at Sdn Jose, Cal., June, 1906. 



California brown mustard seed is 

 now quoted at 4^ to 4 V^ cents per pound. 



Clover seed has ranged close to $7, 

 October delivery, at Toledo the past 

 week. 



At Chicago, the timothy seed market 

 is around $3.45 for October and $3.40 for 

 March. 



The Pretoria from Hamburg landed 

 thirty-three cases and ninety-six bags of 

 seeds at New York September 17. 



Sunflower seed at 10 cents a pound 

 does not suit the poultrymen. It will 

 be cheaper, however, when the new crop 

 comes in. 



From the present outlook dealers in 

 seed potatoes predict high prices for 

 seed stock and look forward to a good 

 demand next spring. 



Flax seed is off sharply in price, cash 

 No. 1 northwestern having declined to 

 98 cents at Chicago, in sympathy with 

 the Duluth and Minneapolis markets. 



The Michigan cucumber fields promise 

 a fair crop of seed. The fruits seem to 

 be well filled out and ought to produce 

 well. . Cutting will begin in the course 

 of a week or two. 



Peas are now being delivered to the 

 receiving stations and the samples are 

 reported satisfactory. The quantities 

 delivered are below estimates recently 

 made and the general feeling is that 

 the crop will be short. 



The Jerome B. Rice Seed Co., Cam- 

 bridge, N. Y., has issued its annual re- 

 port on the onion crop, placing it . at 

 3,226,202 bushels as against 3,466,993 

 bushels in 1904. The acreage this year 

 is 14,003 as against 12,810 last year. 



Revised reports from California are 

 more encouraging. Seventy-five per cent 

 of a full delivery is promised now, 

 where forty to fifty per cent was prom- 

 ised some time ago. This refers to sev- 

 eral important items and comes from 

 different sources. 



While the deliveries of peas have 

 been backward, the reverse is the case 

 with beans. An early harvest insures, 

 as a rule, a bright sample. In this re- 

 spect the bean crop this year promises 

 all that could be desired, the only 

 trouble being that there will not be 

 enough to go around. 



Onion sets are being milled and the 

 shrink from what is termed ' ' field meas- 

 ure" will lessen the crop more than any 

 grower anticipated. The maximum 

 shrink from field measure for many 

 years past has not been over twenty-five 

 per cent; this year thirty-three and one- 

 third per cent will hardly cover it. 



DUTCH BULBS. 



The report from Holland is that bulb 

 shipments have practically come to an 

 end, and planting operations of bulb 



stocks are in full swing. As regards 

 trade, it may be said that hyacinths sold 

 at very low prices but cleared out well. 

 Crocus was in better demand than last 

 season and command much firmer prices. 

 Tulips have been in unusual demand 

 and all the leading sorts have gone up 

 sharply in price. Some sorts are not to 

 be had at any price. This has been 

 caused partly by the short crop, but 

 without doubt the demand for tulips gen- 

 erally, both for forcing and for bed- 

 ding-out purposes has also grown enor- 

 mously. May-flowering Darwin tulips 

 are moving very slowly. 



THE ERFURT SEED CROPS. 



A correspondent of the Horticultural 

 Trade Journal writes as follows from 

 Erfurt, Germany, under date of Sep- 

 tember 1: 



On the whole our summer has been Tery 

 favorable. There have been some destructive 

 hailstorms in central Germany, but they have 

 with one or two exceptions spared the Erfurt 

 district; indeed, it is quite fourteen years since 

 really serious damage was done here by a fall 

 of hail. 



Casting a look round the fields it is evident 

 that we shall have a good crop of carrots. 

 Radishes are middling. Onions are under aver- 

 age, a few sorts being extremely scarce. Turnips 

 are good, and also swedes, of which, however, 

 only a small acreage is out. Cabbages are not 

 looking very well, but of these, especially the 

 drumhead kinds, there is a very large stock of 

 strong growing seed on hand from last season. 

 Round-seeded peas arc turning out fairly plenti- 

 ful, but the wrinkled varieties are coming in 

 rather under estimate, especially some of the 

 earlier sorts, such as Gradus. Broad beans are 

 In a good shape at present, and Dwarf Kidney 

 beans promise a medium crop. As regards Run- 

 ners it is yet too soon to say anything definite. 

 Leeks promise a fair yield, and lettuces should 

 give a plentiful supply of seed if no disease at- 

 tacks the plants between now and harvest- 

 time. Spinach is somewhat under average, and 

 prices are opening higher than those prevail- 

 ing last season. Mangels and sugar beets are 

 likely to yield well, but stocks are all but ex- 

 hausted and values are sure to advance on those 

 last quoted. Cauliflower, kale, parsley, parsnip 

 and most of the herbs are doing well, and there 

 is not likely to be any shortage worth men- 

 tioning in the supply. 



Flowers are having a good time this season, 

 the weather being exactly suited to most of our 

 local specialties. Stocks and wallflowers are 

 seeding well. The pansy crop has not quite 

 come up to expectations and prices tfre quoted 

 a little higher, but the supply will probably 

 equal the demand. Sweet peas have yielded 

 well, and, as the California crop Is reported 

 short, intending buyers will do well to tarn 

 their attention to Erfurt-grown sweet peas, 

 which are an excellent sample and can be de- 

 livered earlier in the season than the American. 

 Nasturtiums are an average crop, though some- 

 what reduced by hail and black fly. Most 

 other annuals are in a flourishing condition. 

 Asters are now beginning to make their annnal 

 display, and the broad stretches of plants are 

 slowly developing the rich and varied tints, 

 which make a drive round the Erfurt flower 

 fields so charming at this season of the year. 

 The plant is not quite so strong as could have 

 been wished and the crop Is not likely to be 

 more than an average one. 



GRASS SEED CROPS. 



A. Le Coq & Co., Darmstadt, Germany, 

 write September 1 that grass seed crop 

 reports will, they think, need no further 

 modification. The necessary conditions 

 for a good development of the plants and 

 seeds were wanting. The continued 

 drought last year was followed by a 

 snowless winter, and this, as well as a 

 dry spring with always changing tem- 

 perature, followed by continued heat all 

 summer, was very unfavorable to the de- 

 velopment of seeds. "With few exceptions 

 the harvest has been unsatisfactory. 



Agrostls stolonlfera (German species) has not 

 yet been thrashed, but in some districts nothing 

 at all was harvested, while others have only a 

 small crop. Prices will therefore be higher than 

 last year. 



Less of Alra flexuosa has been harvested and 

 only small quantities of Alra caespltosa have 

 been brought In. 



The crop of Alopecurus pratenste Is much be- 

 low that of last season. 



