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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



AuausT 16, 1906. 



body wants, and the conunon would be 

 worth just as mucn if they label it such. 

 Give us one grade only and the correct 

 measure, and the shortage of crops will 

 govern itself according to supply and 

 demand. 



The shortage of 7x9 and 9x11 Har- 

 risii probably makes those sizes all pure 

 Harrlsii this season. The trade will 

 stand for shortage due to crop failure, 

 but will not tolerate discrepancy in 

 measurement, or hair line divisions in 

 sizes, or the doubtful representations as 

 to variety mostly created for financial 

 benefit. C. C. Pollworth. 



GERMAN VALLEY CROPS. 



Latest reports from the lily of the 

 •valley growing districts of Germany are 

 very satisfactory. The crop looks well 

 and probably above an average quantity 

 of finest quality pips will be harvested. 

 "The weather conditions have been very 

 favorable and the fields are vigorous in 

 •growth. The great fear now is that too 

 .much wet may occur during the next 

 ,two months, in which case many black or 

 ipremature bells may be expected in next 

 4iutumn 's delivery. Should it not be wet, 

 we may expect as fine a sample as has 

 been harvested for some years past. 



J. B. 



SEED IMPORTS. 



The seeds imported through the port 

 of New York for the week ending Au- 

 gust 10 were as follows as to quantities 

 and invoice values: 



Rind. Bags. Val. Kind. Bags. Val. 



Canary ...2,583 16.683 OumnilD ... 10$ 121 



Caraway .. 150 908 (iraas 5oO 5,413 



Cardamom. 11 367 Hemp 20<» 1,1.54 



Castor ....4,150 17,288 Millet 62 192 



Clover e-Vi 8,000 Ra|)e 8 25 



Coriander . 10 l.TO Other 1,432 



ANNUAL GLADIOLI. 



For a long period I have grown, year 

 by year, a quantity of gladiolus seed- 

 lings. The seeds are sown about the be- 

 ginning of May in coldframes, and the 

 bulbs lifted in autumn and planted the 

 following year in the open ground, etc. 

 Several years ago I noticed a plant 

 that began to bloom in the seedbed, but 

 the flower spike was killed by frost be- 

 fore it came to full development. I se- 

 lected the bulb, planted it separately, 

 and crossed the flowers with my best 

 flowering sorts. I selected seeds from 

 this cross carefully, and sowed them 

 the following year about the middle of 

 March. Several of these seedlings be- 

 gan to bloom about the end of August, 

 and I obtained some ripe seeds of the 

 plants. Last year the first flower 

 opened July 23, but this year the first 

 flower opened July 12. By crossing and 

 selecting the very best and most perfect 

 seedling plants and seeds of these, also 

 by new crossings with pollen of the 

 diff'erent types of gladioli, I have in my 

 annual type of gladioli not only a rich 

 collection of colors, but also all the dif- 

 ferent types of gladioli; also last year 

 I noticed some plants with very widely- 

 opened flowers similar to those of ama- 

 ryllis. The beds show a continuance of 

 blooming from July until very late in 

 the season; the last flowers were killed 

 by frost. On many of the flower spikes 

 are opened five to six flowers at once. 

 The colors vary from white to yellow, 

 flesh, rose and pink, bright red, cherry 

 red, blood red to maroon and brownish 

 red, etc. Last year I noticed a few 

 \with light and deep blue flowers. The 



individual flowers are of good size and 

 form, Feederick Eoemer, 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



[Mushrooms and How to Grow Them, by 

 John F. Barter; published by John F, Barter, 

 Ltd., Wembley, Middlesex, England; one shin- 

 ing.] 



American growers of mushrooms will 



find much to interest them in the 



pamphlet of fifty pages just received 



from John F, Barter, Ltd. It is from 



the pen of the senior member of the firm, 



who is one of the oldest of growers of 



mushrooms for the London market and is 



at the head of what is said to be the 



largest spawn exporting establishment in 



England. Mr, Barter deals thoroughly 



with the methods of culture in vogue at 



Wembley and his text is illustrated with 



a large number of fine half-tones printed 



on plate paper, showing the preparation 



of the beds, the crops of mushrooms and 



the processes of the manufacture of 



spawn. It is interesting to note that at 



No florist can afford to go witliout 





Its excellent reading matter and laige 

 and varied advertising department 

 make it an absolute necessity to 

 every florist. 



V. A. RIEMAN. 

 Vincennes, Ind. 



Aug. 5, 1906. 



the Barter establishment, said to be the 

 largest of its kind in the world, all the 

 spawn is now produced on the pure cul- 

 ture system, Mr. Barter says that by 

 experimenting he has found that dry, 

 hard spawn may be made to start as 

 quickly as fresh if the bricks are placed 

 in water and soaked, say, from three to 

 five hours on the day they are required 

 for use. 



EUROPEAN SEED NOTES. 



The onion crops mostly all over Eu- 

 rope appear to be in a very unsatisfac- 

 tory state and the latest reports are 

 that some varieties have been totally de- 

 stroyed by hail in some southern cul- 

 tures. The crops of white onions in 

 Italy appear to be only moderate. Re- 

 ports from both Holland and Germany 

 say the mildew has spoiled the crop in 

 many cases. 



The cauliflower crop in the south of 

 Europe is very short, the low contract 

 prices of late years paid to growers caus- 

 ing a much decreased acreage. I have 

 not received reports from Denmark and 

 other northern cultures, but it is to be 

 hoped it is a more satisfactory crop than 

 the south. 



Many complaints are heard from 

 seedsmen and market growers of the 



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