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TheWcekly Horiste' Review. 



NOVEUBBB 16, 1905. 



SEED IMPORTED. - 



The U. S. Department of Agriculture 

 haq published the following table of the 

 values of seeds other than flaxseed or 

 linseed imported by American seedsmen 

 in the years mentioned, with the countries 

 from which consigned: 



Country. 1902. 1903. 1904. 



•Germany | 732,649$ 827,250 $1,012,002 



United Kingdom. 609,470 709,130 824,684 



Canada 398,649 133,049 423,219 



France 213,709 367,209 400,023 



Netherlands 294,300 290,428 263,203 



Italy 12,035 45,340 114,870 



Turkey, Euro- 

 pean ...; 38,236 30,231 70,871 



Brazil 75,370 67,441 68.314 



Brltlsb Austra- 

 lasia 31,453 32,377 44,606 



Denmark 22,406 27,395 37,389 



Ktissla, Euro- 



IH'an 14,789 29,182 33,600 



Spain 6,890 4,601 16,850 



Austrla-Hung'y 17,470 13,033 14,664 



Africa, n. e. s... 363 6,256 10,820 



Belgium 11,096 13,610 10,136 



Brltlsb East 



Indies 8,584 6,964 7,362 



Mexico 3,741 441 6,088 



Spanish Africa . . 6,650 9,947 6,879 



Japan 3,222 3,480 4,417 



Tufkey, Asiatic. 258 6.368 3,037 



Hongkong 3,435 3,432 2,229 



Chinese Empire.. 2,565 2,703 1,888 



Russia, Asiatic. 1,888 



Canary Islands .. 2,270 962 1,680 



Haiti 230 1,292 



Portuguese 



Africa ,. 1,183 



ChJll 3,121 1,865 ^ 762 



French Africa... ..... 1,330 487 



Malta and 



Cyprus 1,786 471 



Colombia .5,210 ..... 32 



Argentine 8,010 54 



Other countries.. 1.836 2,061 3,479 



Total $2,528,070 $2,637,255 $3,386,245 



SEEDS EXPORTED. 



The Bureau of Statistics, U. S. De- 

 partment of Agriculture, publishes the 

 following table showing the value of 

 seeds, other than grass seeds, exported 

 in the years mentioned, and the countries 

 to which consigned. 



Country. 1902. 1903. 1904. 



Canada $ 75,368 $ 61,059 $ 74.440 



United Kingdom 23,142 43,641 :%,687 



Germany 28,144 30,679 34.097 



British Australasia 17,066 21,247 24,621 



Mexico 11,943 16.360 12,129 



Netherlands 2,672 6,711 8,212 



British South Africa.. 3,442 7,117 7,667 



France 12,263 13,113 6,680 



Argentine 844 2,128 4,666 



Cuba 6.204 6,388 3.991 



Denmark 4,290 8,723 3,113 



Colombia 1,112 2,063 1,904 



Belgium 1,230 2,432 1,582 



Bermuda 1,426 2.247 1,496 



Venezuela 739 1,927 1.331 



Guatemala 1,355 818 1.326 



British West ludies... 1.891 2,236 1,317 



i»P«P 2,720 1,877 918 



Honduras .... i,020 846 725 



Other countries 7,715 9.664 10,521 



Totals $202,975 $238,770 $240,262 



GOOD SEED CORN. 



The U. S. Department of Agriculture 

 has published, as Farmers' BuUetin No. 

 229, the Production of Good Seed Com, 

 by C. P. Hartley, with an appendix on 

 the selection and care of seed.com. In 

 the opinion of the writer, the farmer who 

 will produce a productive strain of com 

 adA^tied to his section will be. able to sell 

 good" seed at a price profitable alike to 

 himself and to those who buy, and will 

 become a public benefactor. >»..'. 



' ' The object of this bulletin is 'to out- 

 line as simple a method of producing 

 well-bred seed corn of high productive 

 character as present experience and ex- 

 periments have proved possible. This 

 method is especially adapted to the pro- 

 duction of seed com on a considerable 

 scale either for the use of the grower or 

 for sale to others whose soil and climatic 

 conditions are similar. Of course it is 



SPECIAL OFFER *S;^i!' 



Dutch Roman Hyacinths 



In separate colors. In mixed colors. 



Tl 1 1 I PCh BlVOIiZ-Pottebakker, white; 

 ■ ^J»"mm^^ Pottebakker, scarlet: Artus, 

 Dusart, Cottage Maid, Chrysolora, Crimson King, 

 JOGst Von Vondel, La Reine, Proserpine, Ralph 

 Ruisch, Yellow Prince, extra fine mixed single, 

 single mixed. DOU8I.S— La Candeur, Gloria 

 Soils, double mixed. IiATE BltfOAB- 

 Byblooms, Bizards, Darwin. 



Stella; Double Von 

 Sion, extra large; 

 Incomparable. 



NARCISSUS 



CURRIE BROS. CO. "" """""*"• 



IVIilwaukee,Wis. 



Mention The ReTlew when you write. 



Surplus Bulbs 



PerlOO Per 1000 

 Narcissus, Von Sioiv double 



nose....... $Z00 $15,00 



1st size, selected ...1.50 12.50 



2nd'* 1.25 10.00 



BOBBINK & ATKINS 



Hnrseryincn and Florlsta 

 RUTHERFORD, • N. J. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



CAULIFLOWER SEED 



DAVZ8K BBOWBAXi^ 



Prioa to OonBoinexs ||16.00 pe;r ponnd 



Special prices to the Wholesale trade. Guaran- 

 teed In every respect. 

 Reference, Bassett & Washburn 



Address E. BOCKMAN,'''i]»»»^HiDSdale,lll. 



not recommended that every com raiser 

 follow the method here outlined, but it 

 will pay any farmer who grows corn on a 

 considerable scale to adopt this or some 

 similar method unless he is able to secure 

 improved seed from some reliable local 

 seed-corn breeder. Those who grow less 

 than twenty acres of corn may find it 

 cheaper to pay $3 or even $5 per bushel 

 for well-bred seed, if it can be obtained, 

 than to follow a careful method of corn 

 improvement simply in order to produce 

 their own seed." 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Jerome B. Eice Seed Co., Cambridge, 

 N. Y.. descriptive list of onions; Port- 

 land Seed Co., Portland, Ore., catalogue 

 of fall bulbs, roots, etc.; also catalogue 

 of nursery stock; Watkins & Simpson, 

 London, catalogue of electrotypes; Pape 

 & Bergmann, Quedlinburg, Germany, 

 seed novelties; Central Greenhouses, 

 Sandusky, O., retail catalogue of plants; 

 E. H. Hunt, Chicago, Christmas greens 

 and novelties; C. C. PoUworth Co., Mil- 

 waukee, a very attractive book on flower 

 boxes. 



LouisviiiLB, Kt. — Miss Violet Rudy, 

 daughter of T. B. Endy, was married No- 

 vember 15. The decorations were white 

 and yellow, 



Manhattan, Kan. — A contract has 

 been let to Stingley Bros, for a new 

 horticultural hall at the Kansas State 

 Agricultural College, costing $35,000. 

 Greenhouses costing $10,000 will be 

 added. 



Just Received in 



Excellent Condition 



LATE DU6 JAPANESE ULIUM 

 L0N6IFL0RUM MULTIFLORUM 



7x9 size, 300 bulbs to the case, 

 $5.00 per 100; $44.00 per 1000. 



9x10 size, 200 bulbs to the case, 

 $7.75 per 100; $76.00 per 1000. 



N. B.— These are not 8x10 size. 



Llllum Longifloruni Gigantsum 



7x9 size, 300 in a case, 

 $5.75 per 100; $55.00 per 1000. 



9x10 size, 200 in ^ case, 

 $9.75 per 100; $95.00 per 1000. 



FREESIA 



CALLA LILY BULBS 



true white.xBermuda stock, 

 mammoth size, sound bulbs, 

 COc per 100; $4.60 per 1000. 



All Soand 

 Top* 



PerlOO Per 1000 



Mammoth size, 6x7 $8.00 $75.00 



Selected, 5x6 5.50 50.00 



First size, 4>^x5K..i 6.00 47.50 



Second size, 3>ix4>^ 4.60 86.00 



SOW NOW I 



MiGliell's Magnificent Strain 

 Mammoth Verbena Seed 



Choicest mixed, 30c per trade packet; 

 $1.50 per ounce. Also five separate 

 colors at same price. 



Send for our new Wholesale Catalogne. 



HENRY r. MICHELL CO. 



1018 Market St.,PhiUdeIphia 



RELIABLE SEEDS 



Oiant Flowmrad Oyolaman, a yery line 



mixture, 100 aeeds. 60c; 1000 teeda, t&.OO. 

 MyoBotlB Wintar Qnaan, the best srean- 



house variety (or the cut. 1000 seeds, SOc. 

 Oraanlionaa Btooka for the Cut. os. pkt. 

 Boston iKarkat, white. . . I -5 _ .$3.00 • .M 

 Prlno«aa Alloa, ptra *Wt« L ' f -3 2.50 .60 

 Carmina, lavender, purple, f aS w 

 pink, yellow, each color. . . J ** 8.00 .60 

 Bzcalalor, witb large pore white 



•pikes 5.00 LOO 



Vaw Parfaotlon, tky bine 6.00 1.00 



0. V. ZAN6EN, seodsman, Hoboken, N.J. 



Mention The Rerlew when yon wrlf . 



Crop 10O5. RAWSON'S ROTAI. STRAIIT 

 CTCLiAMEN U ready for delivery. 



This strain has no equal or better. 

 Perfect flowers of ^lant tyi)e are 

 borne on longr, erect sterna in such 

 profusion that they almost hide the 

 foUacre and pot. We can offer the 

 followlngr colore: Pure White, Deep 

 — Red, Delicate Plnk< Christmas Red, 



White with Claret Base, Mauve, Salmon, Pink and 

 a mixture of unsurpaHsable variety at tl.OO per 

 100 seeds; 19.00 per 1000 seeds. 



W. W. RAWSON & CO., Seedsmen, 



18 and 18 Faneoil Hall Square, • BOSTON 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



For good reading and the welfare of 

 those interested in the florists' trade, 

 there is no better paper than the Re- 

 view. — L. Thtjblin, Mobile, Ala. 



FOET Dodge, Ia. — The Larson Green- 

 houses were wired for electric lights for 

 a chrysanthemum reception, November 

 9, at which there was music by the Y. M. 

 C. A. band. A special sale of chrysan- 

 themum plants and cut flowers was an- 

 nounced for the two days following. 



