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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



June 7, 1000. 



The nature of our business is such that 

 It varies little from year to year. This 

 ■eason has been fully equal to those of 

 recent years, and, if anything, we think 

 we have noted some improvement. 



A. C. Kendel, Cleveland: — It is too 

 «arly to say just what our total trade 

 for this spring will be, because we are 

 still very busy. The trade in small seeds 

 has been good; that on corn, on account 

 of dry weather which prevented plowing, 

 much below the average; that of peren- 

 nial plants two-thirds of last year and 

 that of bedding plants very much larger. 

 So far, the total has been satisfactory 

 and if the trade continues two weeks 

 longer we shall consider it excellent. 



D. M, Ferry & Co., Detroit:— We pre- 

 fer not to say anything' for publication. 



EUROPEAN SEED NOTES. 



In looking back on the trade of the 

 past year one cannot help being struck 

 with the number of misfortunes and upa 

 and downs from one cause and another 

 the seed trade has experienced during 

 the last autumn and spring. Floods and 

 excessive rains have ruined many crops 

 in France, and also the latter has been 

 very disastrous to many English seed 

 crops. German crops, especially around 

 Erfurt, have suffered through adverse 

 weather, and also general bad trade has 

 left an unpleasant surplus of some arti- 

 cles, and more particularly of peas and 

 beans. This is amply proven by the 

 ridiculously low clearing-out offers some 

 of the continental houses are making to 

 the trade. The recent troubles in Russia 

 have almost prohibited trade with that 

 country, and their exports in many seed 

 lines have been almost nothing. 



The mild winter in Holland caused a 

 very premature growth of some sorts of 

 bulbs, causing the winter covering to 

 have to be taken off entirely in some 

 cases in January, with the result that 

 many fields suffered badly by later 

 frosts, and now the last is the eruption 

 of Vesuvius, which has ruined many 

 crops arounci the fertile base of the 

 moiintain. Generally the elements have 

 been very hard on growers in Europe. 



The seed trade in particular is one 

 that the season's crops depend especially 

 on the results of conditions prevailing 

 the year before. Consequently the full 

 force of this last season's bad conditions 



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HENRY MEHE 



Quedlinburg, Germany 



Grower and Exporter of Choice 



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Own cultures nearly 3,000 acres. 



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will be felt next harvest and to some ex- 

 tent into the next, and it is impossible 

 to gauge the effect, but it will probably 

 result in very many articles being short 

 and of low quality, and for best sam- 

 ples high in price during the trade of 

 1906 and 1907. B. J. 



SEED IMEH3RTS. 



The records of the New York customs 

 house show receipts of seeds at that port 

 last week as follows, including all 

 classes: 



FRUITDALE, ALA. 



J. B. Bridge, of the Buckatunna Nur- 

 sery, Buckatunna, Miss.; L. H. Read, 

 of the Fruitdale Nursery, of this city, 

 with T. H, Brown and A. B. Brown, of 

 Buckatunna, have made application un- 

 der the laws of Mississippi for a char- 

 ter for the Southern Floral Nursery Co., 

 with authorized capital stock of $30,000, 

 to operate nurseries at Fruitdale, Fair- 

 hfipe, Buckatunna and other places. A 

 prospectus has been issued offering the 

 capital stock to the public at par, $10 

 per share. The main oflSce will be re- 

 moved to Buckatunna about August 1. 

 It is stated that the plan of branch nur- 

 series, which is not only for the purpose 

 of interesting local capital but as a sort 

 of insurance against drouth, etc., is prov- 

 ing a fine thing and several more will be 

 established in the next year. 



The Southern Floral Nursery Co., 

 Fruitdale, recently registered with the 

 secretary of the S. A. F. the names and 

 descriptions of twenty-seven of its seed- 

 ling cannas. and now supplements this 

 by registering another list of twenty 

 sorts. 



T 



he Royal Tottenham 

 Nurseries Ltd.'Mft*' 



Managing Director, A. M. C VAN DER CLST. 



Dedemsvaart, Holland 



Headquarters for Hardy Fcrannials, among 

 which are the latest and choicest. 13 acres de- 

 voted for jfrowlng this line, including Anemone, 

 Aster, Canii>auula, Delphinium, Funkias, Hem- 

 eroeallis. Hepariua, liicarvillea. Iris, Peonies, 

 Phlox decussata and suffrutlcosa. Primula, 

 Pyreihrum, Tritoma, Hardy Heath, Hardy Ferns 

 Also 5 acres of Daffodils. 12 acres of Conifers, 

 specially young choice varieties to be grown on; 

 8 acres Rhododendrons, including the best Amer- 

 ican and Alpine varieties; 2 acres Hydrangeas. 

 We make it a point to grow all the latest novel* 

 ties in these lines. Ask for catalog. 

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The Keview keeps getting better and 

 better; is there any limit to its possi- 

 bilities f — Wm, J. Wirt, Parsons, Kan. 



Plcea Pungens Glauca Koster and Abies. 



H. DEN OUDEN & SON, ^.SS* So°^*il 



nursery stock for the American trade. Catalogue 

 free on demand; also views in our nurseries. 



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Azaleas, Rhododendrons, Lilacs 



Etc , from Belgium and Holland. 



FRUIT AND MANEHI STOCKS 

 Flowering and Ornamental Shrubs 



From England and France. 



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Of the very finest strains from Germany. 



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Bulbsl Bulbsl 



Pleaae ask for 

 Wboles&le Trade List 



K. VELTHUYS 



Hillegom, Holland 



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Manetti Stocks 



One million fine, one-year, English-grown. 

 Also a large stock of Roses, all leading kinds, 

 per lOUO strong plants. Quantliles shipped an 

 nually to leading American firms. Reference: 

 Basaett & Washburn, Chicago. 



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Asaleas, Araucariaa, Sweet Baya« 

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