Skptembkk 20, 1906. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



n43 



money. The quality, however, is only 

 fair at the best stage and quickly falls 

 otf as maturity progresses. This is not 

 an undesirable feature for truckers, as a 

 field may be cleared in two or three 

 pickings and the land made ready for 

 succession crops, but the home gardener 

 usually prefers varieties continuing 

 longer in edible condition. The stalks are 

 short, sturdy and exceptionally even and 

 vigorous in growth, well furnished with 

 long, dark-green leaves. About every one 

 bears its plump and heavy ear. In this 

 locality buyers usually prefer small ears 

 of the Ne Plus Ultra type, but are, of 

 course, content with other kinds when 

 brought in early. Howling Mob is cer- 

 tainly of quick growth and may well 

 bear out the introducer's claim of being 

 only five days later than White Cory. 

 Its vigor and hardiness would give it a 

 good start if planted early. — W; Van 

 Fleet in Sural New Yorker. 



WILL GROW BULBS. 



E. A. Asmus, of Chicago, has organ- 

 ized the firm of Alexander, Asmus & 

 Co., to engage in bulb growing in What- 

 com county, Washington, where George 

 Gibbs and others have for some years 

 produced such fine stock. Alexander, 

 Asmus & Co. propose to put the business 

 on purely a commercial basis. They have 

 options on three pieces of suitable prop- 

 erty, and Mr. Asmus left Chicago Sep- 

 tember 15 for the Bellingham bay dis- 

 trict to make a final selection of location. 



The coniniouly known Dutch bulbs will 

 be grown: tulips, daffodils, hyacinths, 

 crocuses, etc. It also is planned eventu- 

 ally to engage in the nursery business, 

 growing such stock as is ordinarily im- 

 ported from Holland and Belgium, in- 

 cluding holly, rhododendrons, box, and 

 other ornamental plants. 



E. A. Asmus is. the son of Rudolph 

 Asmus, and the nephew of the late Ernst 

 Asmus, of West Hoboken, N. J. He was 

 at one time associated with Emil Buett- 

 ner in the retail flower business at Chi- 

 cago, and has had some years' experi- 

 ence in the bulb trade. 



DUTCH BULB PRICES RISE. 



From prices which are now being of- 

 fered for nearly all the best varieties 

 of tulips it would make one think that 

 the old tulip mania was again approach- 

 ing. The fact is, however, that the 

 present craze for starting new tulip cul- 

 tures in the north of this country has 

 caused an unusual demand for all sorts 

 of tulips to be planted out, and more 

 especially the varieties that have proven 

 to be the best for market as cut flowers. 

 This, combined with a very brisk de- 

 mand for the American markets, has 

 made prices go up in leaps and bounds 

 and this has also caused other varieties 

 to go up and has considerably affected 

 the ordinarj' export trade. At the pres- 

 ent moment mixed tulips are at a pre- 

 mium and hard to get while many of 

 the cheaper sorts of tulips have been 

 cleared off the market entirely. It may 

 be said that all the red and scarlet sorts 

 are scarcer than ever both in single and 

 double tulips. 



Hyacinths have also cleared off well 

 so far and of the cheaper grades noth- 

 ing is left on the hands of the growers. 

 As was expected early in the season, 

 crocuses are very short and prices nearly 

 double last year's, notwithstanding that 

 the crop has been good. Narcissi are 



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