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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



JUNB 28, 1906. 



the articles which have had to go through 

 the winter in the open can never recover 

 the losses caused by weather, and all 

 such must give a very light return. 



Beet and mangel in France are still 

 reported as being weak and very gappy, 

 and in some instances continue to fail. 

 Crops in these two lines look likely to be 

 short all over Europe. The few fields I 

 have seen of mangels in England are 

 very weak and thin; in fact, I never 

 saw them looking so poor, 



Germany has placed a high tax on 

 cabbages imported from Holland. The 

 district to the north of Haarlem grows 

 many hundreds of acres for this Ger- 

 man trade and I understand the whole 

 cultivation is stopped; the land is to be 

 planted with Dutch bulbs in most in- 

 stances, and the former cabbage growers 

 are buying stock, principally tulips. 

 This appears to be one of the causes 

 of Dutch bulbs being so high in price 

 this year. 



Further reports are to hand of the 

 terrible destruction wrought by Vesu- 

 vius. Most of the begonia, stocks, aster, 

 balsam, etc., are partially or wholly de- 

 stroyed. Cauliflower seed growers in 

 some cases are almost ruined. The let- 

 tuce, bean and radish fields were hard 

 hit, while onions are in an even worse 

 plight. J. B. 



FRENCH SEED CROPS. 



In the last issue of his Bulletin, Mr. 

 Gorgeot states that the retail trade has 

 been very difficult this season, in conse- 

 quence of the extraordinary fluctuations 

 of the weather. The seed sowing season, 

 which may be ordinarily said to last 

 three months, was this year contracted 

 to two, by the fact that the condition 

 of the soil absolutely prohibited sowing 

 during quite four weeks of the time. 



Vegetation is, as a whole, about a 

 fortnight behind the calendar; but so 

 far, no really serious injury has been 

 caused, and with a genial summer to fol- 

 low, the prospects would not be unfavor- 

 able. Of course, no one looks for a 

 record crop, and this is probably 

 strengthening the hands of those growers 

 who are standing out for better contract 

 prices, many items having, according to 

 their account, been grown at a loss for 

 some years past. — Horticultural Adver- 

 tiser. 



JAPANESE BULB CROP. 



London, England. — I have just re- 

 ceived a crop report from Yokohama, of 

 Japan Ulies. T should think on reading 

 same the supply will be even shorter than 

 last year and prices, if anything, higher. 

 The demand also in England seems to be 

 double the extent of last year, and all 

 growers, especially for longiflorum multi- 

 floruni, are making their arrangements 

 for supplies fully three months earlier 

 than previous years. This is no doubt 

 caused by so many buyers not getting de- 

 livery of half the quantity they arranged 

 for last year, but it has the effect of very 

 considerably stiffening the price of 

 stocks held by the dealers. Such prices 

 as £10 per thousand for 7x9 longiflorum 

 multiflorum. are being freely obtained in 

 and* around iLonddn. J. B. 



WESTERN NEW YORK. 



The seed merchants have cleaned out, 

 with almost the single exception of corn. 

 Why this should be such a good stayer, 

 except on account of luxuriant crops 

 last year, is a conundrum. Crosman, 



IGHTHEMIG GUANO 



The most reliable and the 

 most natural Fertilizer 



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SEALED BAGS. 



4/6 to 20/- 



May be obtained from the 

 principal nurserymen, seed- 

 men and floristB, or direct from 



WM. COLCHESTER & CO. 



IPSWICH, ENGLAND. 



Mention The Rerlew when yon write. 



HENRY MEHE 



Quedlinburg, Germany 



Grower and Exporter of Choice 



Beet, Vegetable and Flower Seed 



Own cultures nearly 3,000 acres. 



PANSIES 



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CAUI^IFI^OWER Snowball and HaaKe'a 

 Extra Early Erfnrtcr Dwarf. 



CABBAOB, White Amacer (Stonehead). 

 Write direct to the grower. 



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Briggs, Vick and Cushman, at Eochester, 

 are contented with the results of the 

 season, and when seedsmen feel satis- 

 fied and do not fail to say so, there 

 must be some bottom to the story. 

 James Vick's Sons filled one order for 

 9,000 dahlia roots for one house, their 

 own raising at Despatch, where their 

 growing and trial grounds are situated. 

 They are busy at Despatch, planting 

 asters, and nearly twenty-five per cent 

 more acreage has been set aside for 

 these plants. Besides the branching 

 sorts, Mikado, Violet King (novelty). 

 Lavender Gem, Daybreak and others of 

 their own origination have been allotted 

 large swaths. F. S. P. 



SEED IMPORTS. 



The records of the New York customs 

 house show receipts of seeds at that port 

 last week as follows, including all 

 classes : 



Kind. Bgs. Val. Kind. Bgs. Val. 



Canary .. .1,787 $4,269 Hemp 1,100 $3,963 



Cardamom.. 31 672 Mustard .. 243 1,917 



Celery 103 1,405 Rape 8 24 



Clover 251 5,605 Other 2,421 



JoLiET, III. — Local men are interested 

 in securing the annual convention of the 

 Northern Illinois Horticultural Society in 

 December. 



Saddle Eiver, N. J. — J. G. Esler, sec- 

 retary of the Hail Association, reports 

 that a lively dash of hail struck Coney 

 Island, Staten Island and central New 

 Jersey June 23. PJainfleld, N. J., suf- 

 fered the most. ■ All florists in its track 

 were uninsured. 



T*. 



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 Aster, Campanula, Delphinium, Funkias, Hem- 

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 Phlox decuBsata and suflrutlcosa. Primula, 

 Pyrethrum, Tritoma, Hardy Heath, Hardy Ferns 

 Also 5 acres of Daffodils, 12 acres of Oonifera, 

 specially young choice varieties to be grown on; 

 8 acres Rhododendrons, Including the best Amer- 

 ican an& Alpine varieties; 2 acres Hydrangeas. 

 We malce it a point to grow all the latest novel- 

 ties in these lines. Ask for catalog. 



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Plcea Pungens Glauca (Eoster), transplanted '06 



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Azaleas, Rhododendrons, Lilacs 



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 Flowering and Ornamintal Shrubs 



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 Please apply for catalogues, etc., to 



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GHENT, Belicium. 



