Jll.Y 20, 1900. 



The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



593 



"Louisville dealers prefer selling sets 

 on prompt shipment to taking future 

 orders. From the fact that there is such 

 an enormous quantity grown here by so 

 many miscellaneous growers, it would 

 take enormous storage room to take care 

 of the sets, and as they are offered 

 daily on this market, stocks can be re- 

 placed in a short time. ' ' 



Huntington & Page, Indianapolis, 

 write July 21 : " The onion set crop in 

 this district is about two weeks later 

 than usual, but in an extremely nice con- 

 dition at the present time. We have 

 had some showers which have been of 

 great benefit to the same, but the acreage 

 is considerably less than last season. 

 The yield we anticipate to be fully up 

 to the average if not a little better." 



Connecticut Specialties. 



The Everett B. Clark Co., Milford, 

 Conn., reports: "With reference to 

 growing crops we wish to say the month 

 of July to date has been especially un- 

 favorable to the growing and maturing 

 of seed crops because of the continual 

 rains we have had, also many severe 

 thunder-storms, which have been ex- 

 tremely damaging to all crops. Our 

 onion, just coming into bloom, has suf- 

 fered by the recent hard showers, as the 

 pollen has been washed out and this has 

 caused blight which has already started 

 on several of our fields, and we fear 

 that this will affect our crop largely. 

 Our carrot crop also has been affected 

 the same way by the same thing. 

 Beet seed, at this writing, looks well. 

 Corn IS making a rapid growth, and 

 making up for its late start. The acre- 

 age planted, however, was very small, 

 and as the rains have washed out the 

 low lands, our crop will be quite light. ' ' 



Nebraska Specialties. 



The Western Seed & Irrigation Co., 

 Fremont, Neb., writes: "We can only 

 report in a general way on the sweet 

 and field corn and vine seed crops at 

 the present time. We have received re- 

 ports of fair to very good stands of 

 nearly all varieties of sweet and field 

 corn, with an occasional report of thin and 

 uneven stands of a few varieties, but the 

 crops are nearly all in good growing 

 condition and clean, having been cul- 

 tivated four to five times and in most 

 instances laid by. 



"The reports of the cucumber crops 

 are not quite so good, many of them 

 .showing thin, uneven stands, on account 

 of the dry weather in June at the time 

 of planting, and the damage caused by 

 the striped beetle. We have received 

 other reports of fair to good stands, and 

 look for enough seed to fill order.s 

 booked, if the crops do not meet with 

 disaster the balance of the season. 



' ' The muskmelon and watermelon 

 crops mostly are reported as showing 

 good stands, and in fine condition, with 

 the exception of a few small lots, which 

 were hurt by the cutworms and striped 

 beetle, necessitating rei)lanting and 

 causing the crops to be backward and 

 simall. 



"The pumpkin and squash crops also 

 are fair to good, but in some <ases are 

 like the melon crops above referred to 

 as having been damaged by the cut- 

 worms, etc. 



' ' We recently have heard that the 

 melon aphis has been found in a num- 

 ber of spots, on some of the cucumber 

 and melon crops in the vicinity of 

 Waterloo, but we do not know to how- 



serious an extent the damage may 

 amount, if any, at the j)resent time. 

 ShouM the same conditions that we have 

 had for the last ten days to two weeks 

 continue for any great length of time we 

 may expect some damage to the cucum- 

 ber and melon crops from tlie aphis. 

 W^e have been having numerous show- 

 ers, followed by hot, muggy, humid 

 weather, which we understand are favor- 

 able conditions for the rapid increase of 

 the aphis. However, the last two days 

 have been clear antl cooler, and we may 

 not have any serious loss of crops from 

 the aphis. ' ' 



SEED IMPORTS. 



The seeds imported through the port 



of New York for the week ending .July 



20, were as follows as to quantities and 



invoice values: 



Kind. Bags. Kind. l{!i>rs. 



Annatto .. -4 if 4;» tJi-ass 100 $1,27'.) 



Caiawny . 302 2.9.ts Hemp ."JOO 1,528 



Castor ... l.SOfi CMS Mustard ... 550 5,787 



Clover ... 116 1,567 Uape 1 15 



Cuniniln . 50 007 Other 9,316 



SEED CROPS IN FRANCE. 



The French seed growers were recently 

 all praying for summer weather, but now 

 they have got it, do not seem from re- 

 cent reports to be entirely satisfied. The 

 drought succeeding suddenly a cold wet 

 period appears to have baked the soil 

 like pie-crust, and growth is in conse- 

 quence not so robust as the growers 

 would like to see. From what we can 

 gath^ this is one of these seasons when 

 the first-rate cultivator, whose land is 

 well worked and fertilized, is likely to 

 reap full advantage from his industry, 

 [n a normal year the difference is not so 

 marked, the indifferent cultivators mere- 

 ly coming in a little behind, but this sea- 

 son some of them will probably fail to 

 get any crop at all. — Horticultural Ad- 

 vertiser. 



EUROPEAN SEED NOTES. 



With the present fine summer weather, 

 every kind of seed crop all over 

 Europe is looking much better than 

 would have been expected from appear- 

 ances a fortnight ago, but still most ar- 

 ticles will be short of the average. Beets 

 and mangels, both in England and on 

 the continent, although they have made 

 exceptional progress, cannot produce 

 more than a moderate crop, and in some 

 cases the returns will have to be classeil 

 as poor. Onions all over Europe are 

 reported as poor, in some cases bad. In 

 reports to hand from the Italian dis- 

 tricts and also from Leipzig, Germany, 

 .some very high prices are being spoken 

 of, although growers are accompanying 

 their offers with the remark that for 

 some varieties it is hoped to reduce prices 

 later on, should the crop turn out better 

 than it at present gives promise of. 



It is the general opinion in the trade 

 that before long much higher prices will 

 liave to be given for all classes of seeds 

 grown on contract, both in England and 

 on the continent. For several years the 

 seed farmers have complained bitterly 



Danish Seed 



CAULIKL'tWER SnowbaU and Haaee's 

 Extra Early Erfart«r Dwarf. 



OAHBAOE, White AmaKer (Stonehead). 

 Write direct to the Krower. 



CHRIS. OLSEN, Gr^w*ir Odense, Denmark 



T 



he Royal Tottenham 

 Nurseries Ltd.^M'i" 



Monaging Director, A. M. C. VAN DER ELST. 



Dedemsvaart, Holland 



Headquarters for Hardy Perennial*, among 

 which are the latest and choicest. 13 acres de- 

 voted for growing this line, including Anemone, 

 Aster, Campanula, Delphinium, Funkias, Hem- 

 erocalUs. Hepatica, Incarvillea, Iris, Peonies, 

 Phlox decussata and sufTrutlcosa, Primula, 

 Pyrethrum, Tritoma, Hardy Heath, Hardy Ferns 

 Also 6 acres of Daffodils, 12 acres of Conifers, 

 Bpecially young choice varieties to be grown on; 

 8 acres Rhododendrons, including the best Amer- 

 lean and Alpine varieties; 2 acres Hydrangeas. 

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

 ties in these lines. Ask for catalog. 



HOLLAND PEONIES, ROSES, 

 EVERGREENS, HOLLIES, ETC. 



French Fruit and Ornamental Stocks 



Xnglish Manetti Stocks for Florists 

 and Nurserymen 



Lily of the Valley Pips 



Finest brand Berlin and Hamburg Pips. 



Raffia from Stock and for Import 

 Direct Importer of Dutch Bulbs 



Please apply for <{Uotations, etc., to 



H. Frank Darrow« importer 



Saccessor to Ang. Kbotert 

 26 Barclay St., P. O. Box 1850, New York 



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Plcea Pungens Olauca (Kostcr), tran>- planted '06 



H. DEN OUDEN & SON Bo8koop.(HoUan(l), 

 n, ULR V\3Ul.H Qb OUn, Wholesale growers of 



nursery stock forthe American trade. Catalogue 



free on demand; also views in our nurBerles, 



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Bulbs! Bulbs! 



Please ask for 

 Wholesale Trade List 



K. VELTHUYS 



Hiliegom, Holland 



Bulbs! Bulbs! 



Manetti Stocks 



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

 Also a large stock of Roses, all leading klnda, 

 per llXK) strong plants. Quantities shipped an 

 nually to leading American firms. Reference: 

 Bassett & Washburn, Chicago. 



W. C. SLOCOCK, Woking, Surrey, EnglaDd. 



Mention The ReTlew when yon write. 

 LABOEBT STOCK Or ALI, 



BELGIAN PLANTS2 



Asaleas, Araucarias, Sweet Bays, 

 Palms, Bei^onias, Gloxinias, etc. 



LOUIS VAN HOUTTE PERE 



GHENT, BeUriom. 



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