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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



Fbbbuary 15, 1906. 



slightly under the offers of German 

 houses, and considerably less than Eng- 

 lish red clover where an extra fine sam- 

 ple is on offer. The reports from the 

 London seed market are of an active 

 demand for all clover and grasses. 



There is a report of quite a shortage 

 in sweet peas, and there will probably 

 not be sufficient to go the rounds of 

 orders. Some stocks are already ex- 

 hausted and orders still continue to 

 come in to the wholesalers. There ap- 

 pears to be some prejudice against 

 American grown seeds on account of an 

 alleged tendency to come somewhat weak 

 and straggly in their growth; they do 

 not appear to have sufficient stamina in 

 some instances to withstand our climate 

 and some dealers and growers hold some- 

 what aloof from buying American seed. 

 This tendency is also noticeable in the 

 vegetable varieties. I remember seeing 

 a large breadth of peas for pulling 

 green, growing in Lincolnshire, from 

 seed obtained in Ontario. During one 

 of our not very prevalent hot, dry sum- 

 mers they were simply grand in the way 

 of a heavy crop, long and well podded 

 straw. They were eventually, owing to 

 the bad state of the green pea trade, 

 harvested and thrashed for seed, and a 

 finer sample was never seen. They did 

 not require the slightest hand picking 

 for seed purposes. But the fault of the 

 crop was they were longer and weaker 

 in their growths and the color of their 

 leaf and haulm was much lighter and 

 weaker than is general with English- 

 grown stocks of the variety in question. 

 It is generally found that American seed 

 is excellent when we have a favorable 

 summer and autumn, but should we have 

 a damp, cold and choppy season they 

 are not so reliable and satisfactory as 

 English grown stocks, especially the 

 wrinkled varieties; but in spite of this 

 fact some of the British seedsmen would 

 be very short if there were no American 

 seed to be had, especially the last two 

 or three years, which have been very 

 disastrous for home-grown pea crops for 

 seed purposes, more especially the 

 •wrinkled varieties. B. J. 



NOTES FROM ENGLAND. 



The cut flower trade in Covent Garden 

 market and other large centers is quite 

 off. Prices, especially for cut tulips and 

 narcissi, are about as low as they can 

 be to leave a return for the grower. 

 The markets generally have been quite 

 overdone, as was anticipated by many in 

 the trade during the bulb buying sea- 

 son last year. The French stock has come 

 in very heavy quantities, and quite up- 

 set the home growers. The trade for 

 asparagus, smilax and other greenery ap- 

 pears also to have shared in the general 

 depresison. 



On account of the low prices for bul- 

 bous stock there probably will not be 

 such a good demand for Dutch bulbs 

 during the coming season, and the repre- 

 sentatives from Holland will not have 

 quite such a profitable trip as last year. 

 Were it not for the fact that stocks of 

 many leading articles are already short 

 in Holland, a decided fall in prices 

 might reasonably be looked for. 



It is satisfactory to notice American 

 varieties of carnations are receiving 

 more attention here and are being more 

 and more grown. Enchantress is at pres- 

 ent the most popular sort for market 

 work and always commands big prices, 

 fine blooms on long stems making just 

 now, although trade for almost all cut 



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flowers is oft', anything from 3 shil- 

 lings to 6 shillings per dozen, and the 

 supply is not anything like equal to the 

 demand. It will be a good thing for all 

 concerned when the lovely American 

 varieties are extensively grown here, they 

 are such a decided improvement in every 

 way, and will really fill up a big defi- 

 ciency in the market florists' business. 



Reverting again to the question of 

 forcing bulbs. Narcissus Ajax Golden 

 Spur seems to be holding its own against 

 all competition. It is a variety which 

 could be profitably placed on the market 

 in much larger quantities. It is a fine, 

 stiff upstanding and lasting bloom in 

 water and for table and other decora- 

 tions is always in excellent demand and 

 there never hardly seems to be too many 

 even in the dullest times of bad trade. 

 The last few years the price of the 

 bulbs has fallen considerably and were 

 procured last season in best forcing qual- 

 ity at from 35 shillings to 45 shillings 

 per thousand. Perhaps as much on ac- 

 count of its poor constitution and un- 

 adaptability to some bulb growing soils 

 and districts as from its popularity in 

 its cut state in the very early months of 

 the year, it is a bulb that will never be- 

 come too plentiful. There is much talk 

 among Dutch growers of the large and 

 ever increasing demand for this particu- 

 lar variety met with in America. Golden 

 Spur is a particularly good forcer and 

 will come in bloom some ten to twelve 

 days earlier than Henry Irving under 

 the same treatment. J. B. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



[All catalogues are filed by the Review and 

 lire accessible to the trade for reference at any 

 time. Following are the latest arrivals.] 



Franz De Laet, Contich, Belgium, gen- 

 eral price list; E. F. Winterson Co., 

 Chicago, Easter calendar, 1906 to 1977, 

 issued by Arendt Bulb Co., Tamaroa, 

 111. ; M. * Crawford Company, Cuyahoga 

 Falls, O., strawberry plants and gladio- 

 lus bulbs; Perry's Hardy Plant Farm, 

 Winchmore Hill and Enfield, Middlesex, 

 England, list of lilies and gladioli and 

 additional lily list; Schlegel & Fottler 

 Co., Boston, Mass., seeds, plants and 

 bulbs; The Wm. H. Moon Co., Glenwood 

 Nurseries, Morrisville, Pa., "Moon's 

 Trees"; W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Phila- 

 delphia, Pa., Thirtieth Anniversary sup- 

 plement, the Story of Seeds that Grow; 

 C, S. Harrison, York, Nebr., paeony and 

 perennial price list; H. den Ouden & 

 Son, Boskoop, Holland, wholesale trade 

 list of nursery stock. 



WATER LILIES FROM SEED, 



Please give me a little instruction as to 

 raising water lilies and Victorias from 

 seed. A. C. S. 



If A. C. S. is going into aquatics 

 to any extent, he should avail himself of 

 Wm. Tricker's splendid book, "The 

 Water Garden." Mr. Tricker is an au- 

 thority on water plants, and will tell you 

 the whole program. 



I can say the hardy nymphaeas can be 

 sown in 5-inch or 6-inch pots or single 



I F not satisfied with 

 ■ your cuts, write us. 

 We make the cuts for 

 tbe RsviEW and many 



SLED 

 CATALOGUES 



All processes. Photos 

 retouched or redrawn 

 in wash; wash draw- 

 ings made where 

 photos are not available. Quick work if 

 necessary. Satisfaction guaranteed. 



CRESCENT ENORAVINO CO. 

 341-349 CURK ST., CHICAGO 



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Wanted 



50^000 Horseradish roots, 6 inches long;, 

 X to 5-16 inches in diameter. Address 



KLEHM'S NURSERY 



Arlington Heights, lU. 



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DON'T Forget 



Our BeSTonia bulbs are the finest ever re- 

 ceived and they are going: fast. SinKle« <ive 

 separate colors, S3 per 100: mixed, $2.76. Dou- 

 ble, fine separate colors, $4 per 100; mixed, $.3.75. 



HUBERT & CO. Ltd."^ ^R^e^p^"^ Mt. Vernon, N. Y. 



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Asparagus Plumosus 

 Nanus Seed 



Our own growing. Just ripening on selected 

 plants. 100 seeds, 50c; 500 seeds, $2.00; 1000, $4.00. 



B.H.HAYERlJUID,PliasantRun,0. 



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Gladiolfls Bolbs 



Our bulbs are not better than 

 the best, but better than the rest. 



JH TBT TKBM. 



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^ STLVANIA. OHIO. 



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LILY OF THE 

 VaLLEY 



Finest stock for early forcing, $1.60 per 100; 

 114.00 per 1000. There are none better. 



Headquartwrs lor Fancy Cut Valley. 



HN RRIINS 1409-11 W. Madison St. 

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seeds in a 4-ineh. Use a heavy loam, and 

 put the seed into the soil an inch, immerse 

 the pot in water in a tub or tank, and 

 let there be two or three inches of water 

 over the surface of the pots. On the sur- 

 face of the soil in the pots let there be 

 one-half inch of coarse gravel to keep 

 the soil from washing away. If kept in 



