Sbptbmber 27, 1006. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



1213 



: MY GIANT CYCLAMEN | 



4 An Ak«id In Growth aid Flowers t 



Bleodred, Carmine, Pink, Pnr« tL 



White, White with Carmine Bye. C 



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the above 5 colors, tr. pkt.. 75c; 1000 F 



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iMangels are also unsatisfactory, but 

 onions^ leeks, cabbages, swedes, etc., are 

 good, and carrots very good. Beans are 

 much behind, but look all right up to 

 date. 



As regards flower seeds, the situation 

 has not altered much. Our hopes for a 

 warm August were not fulfilled, and so 

 the later flowering annuals have to be 

 marked with a note of interrogation. It 

 is too late for sweet peas to recover, as 

 if they fail to set at the right time, they 

 will not do it afterwards. Asters are 

 thin in places, but a warm autumn will 

 help the crop considerably. "We have now 

 had a few sunny days so that our hopes 

 rise with the thermometer. 



A good many visitors, both from 

 America and England, have been round 

 of late, mostly on the lookout for no- 

 velties.— H. T. J. 



CLOVER SEED. 



The Indiana clover seed growers have 

 had a bad season. W. V. Dorsey, at 

 Shelbyville, estimates the crop at only 

 one-half normal. The local price is $6.50 

 per basliel. At Princeton, Strain Bros, 

 say the crop is an average one. Bing- 

 ham Broe., of Patoka, deUvered to them 

 160 bushels, September 19, being a nor- 

 mal yield from their acreage. Prices 

 range from $6 to $6.65. 



GRASS SEED REPORTS. 



A. Iw Coq & Co., Darmstadt, Ger- 

 many, report as follows under date of 

 September 11: 



We have this year to report on a later crop 

 of grass seeds than has been the case for some 

 years past and even now It Is Impossible to 

 form a definite opinion on some Bpecles. This 

 season has shown again, that a luxuriant growth 

 of the plants in spring does not yet fnrninh 

 proof •t a full crop of seed. The always chang- 

 ing temperature in spring has acted badly upon 

 the formation of seeds of some grasses and the 

 yield kaa been disappointing. 



If the present fine warm weather continues 

 we Bhall haTe a good crop of German Agroatls 

 stolonifera and we expect to see somewhat 

 lower prices for this species. 



AIra Bexnoea has been harvested in somewhat 

 larger quantities but again contains much chafT 

 and prices for fancy grades will probably not 

 be lower. 



The lint reports on Alopecurus pratensis were 

 very favorable. One was looking for a good 

 nuality «r seed at moderate prices. Now things 

 seem to have changed; much of the seeds are 

 fonnd to be full of larvae and the crop is said 

 to have been overestimated. A wild speculation 

 has pTMhed prices to the extreme, bnt there is 

 no knowing whether there will not be a re- 

 lapse. 



Again Tery little of Anthoxanthnm odoratum 

 !?• '•ff" brought in, but the quality is better 

 than last season. 



CyBoearus cristatus early in the season prom- 

 ised well, but the great expectations were 

 <ioome4 to disappointment. The quality so far 

 looks all right. 



We think some discretion is necessary as re- 

 K"'™ the buying of Dactylis glomerata. 



There was a rumor of a small crop of 

 reatuea dnrinscula and ovlna which, however, 

 aeenrn not to be the fact. We admit that the 

 •luallty Is inferior. What is known as Festuca 

 nmndinacea (elatlor) yielded a much better 

 erop than last year and of good quality. The 

 crop of Festuca ovlna tenuifolla Is better than 



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last year. Festuca rubra as well as Festuca 

 heterophylla are deficient in quantity. 



The changing temperature in spring has 

 proved most fatal to the development of the 

 seeds of Poa nemoralis. In some districts 

 seed of an average quality has heen harvested 

 hut most of the crop is light and contains much 

 chaff. Poa trivlalis has produced a good crop 

 as regards quantity and quality and prices will 

 be somewhat easier. 



Not much can be said as regards alfalfa. 

 Prance advise? a small crop of fine quality as 

 contrasted to Italy, which reports a some- 

 what larger crop but of Inferior qnality. True 

 Tnrkestan alfalfa promises well as regards 

 quality and quantity. To get perfectly clean 

 and dodder free seed It requires much machin- 

 ing and this and the great demand will again 

 bring high prices. 



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Alsike seems to be an average crop every- 

 where and from samples to hand of good 

 quality. The same applies to white clover and 

 prices for this article are moderate and for 

 inferior grades very low. 



L. C. Nungesser, Greisheim, near 



Darmstadt, Germany, reports as follows 



under date of September 5: 



The European crop of all grasses can be 

 defined as satisfactory, so that prices are not 

 higher, taken all around, than last year. 

 American crt^w, however, are stated to have 

 turned out less favorably, excepting Dactylis 

 glomerata, which was cropped in good condition. 



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