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The Weekly Fldrists^ Review* 



OCTOBBR 18, 190S. 



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No.34i 



WIBOLTTS SNOWBALL 

 CAULirLOWERSEEO 



is thr carlint' of 

 all Snowballs, Ihn 

 , most compact, the 

 surest headrr. is | 

 giving lh« largest and snow- 

 whitest heads, and is the 

 best keeper in dry-weallier. 

 Demand it through your 

 seed-firm or direct from 



R. WIBOLTT, NAKSKOV. DENMRiri 



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plants a9 may be profitably Introduced Into this 

 country, and recommend that the money ex- 

 pended for seed distribution a^ now conducted, 

 be added to the fund for maintaining American 

 seed and plant explorers In other countries, 

 under direction of the United States Department 

 of Agriculture, and the distribution of the same 

 among the Agricultural Kxperimental Stations 

 of this country for practical test. 



Mr. Page is chairman of the Seed 

 Trade Association's committee on par- 

 cels post and also secured from the 

 Farmers' Congress an endorsement of 

 the popular demand that our legislators 

 break away from express company dom- 

 ination and give us a parcels post to 

 compare with the facilities afforded in 

 other countries. 



EUROPEAN SEED NOTES. 



The firms handling Japan lilie^ are 

 feeling 'a trifle anxious as to how the 

 Japan bulb trade is intending to finish 

 up. Some of them are only just finding 

 they have rather an unpleasant quantity 

 still left on their hands and Japan ex- 

 porters have still some stock to offer. 

 Unless the German merchants soon make 

 a few more sales of stock npw on hand, 

 prices look like dropping in the near 

 future. It is the opinion of some that 

 the Japanese growers and exporters 

 have been manipulating a little business 

 to themselves which has given the im- 

 pression that stock and available sup- - 

 plies are much shorter than is an actual 

 fact, consequently causing prices to rap- 

 idly advance, as they have done ; . but 

 still there is no doubt the Japanese may 

 be safely trusted to keep prices up at 

 least to .a xery profitable level to them- 

 selves, while they have any left to ex- 

 port. 



Ifte lily of the valley crop of pips, 

 •which is now in process of lifting and 

 warehousing, is somewhat disappointing, 

 as, by the appearance of the fields, it 

 was generally thought it would be well 

 above the average, and the report from 

 the growing districts, received by me 

 today^ reads as follows: "You will 

 note prices are much higher than last 

 season, but the competition among ex- 

 porters to secure the finest samples from 

 the growers is keen, causing the small 

 growers, from whom the exporters chief- 

 ly get their supplies, to ask much higher 

 prices than they otherwise would. The 

 crop is not nearly so big as anticipated 

 and there will again be a scarcity of 

 really first-class crowns. This state of 

 things is again, in a great measure, due 

 to the continually increasing demand of 

 the United States for the best selected 

 samples. This country is also increas- 

 ing its general orders of ordinary sam- 

 ples rapidly each year. In addition to 

 these facts, notwithstanding that the 

 weather conditions have been favorable 

 this year, there has been found a great 

 quantity of crowns that have got their 

 proper age and size, but yet contain no 

 flower, nothing but leaves. This is the 

 result of the weather conditions. Two 

 years ago the growing districts had an 

 exceptionally long and strpng heat Tvrave, 





PERENNIALS 



The lareett stock of HARDY HERBACEOUS PLANTS in aU the beit 

 and newest varieties, for instance, 25,000 pypsophila Paniculata Flore Pleno, 4OO0 

 Romneya Gniltcri, 10,000 Campanula ' Persicifolia Moerheimi, 50,000 Phlox 

 Decussata in variety, 25,000 PyetAhrunu, etc 



nU/IDET DflCCC OQ Caniha in the foekt sorts, including the new Hardy Ro«e 



Uff Anr nUoCO **NovMB|^||jk*t (.3' ^^Y** ^^O^) ^<1 Baby Rambler. 



Manetti Stocka, Sweet ' Briar SeedlinKs, New 



Currants, Goosel|errieB ' and Raspberries, Etc. 



Nearly all sorts of Plants (even ^yretbrunis) are exported most successfully to the 

 United States. Write for Illustrated Trade List. 



BDI IVC ROYAL MOERHEIM NURSERICS 



. nw T9| DEDEMSVAART, HOLLAND 



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Establithei 1880. Cable aMrest, Jacrollanri Nimes 

 A. B. C. Code used. 



JACQUES ROLLAND 



Seed Grower and Merchant , 



NIMES, FRANCE 



Vegetable, Flower and 

 Agr|ciilti|ral Seeds 



Speolaltlss are Pliioz Drummondii 

 and Lucerne of FrovenQe. 



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CYCLAMEN 



Tbe most beautiful variety of all is IrOW'S 

 BALMOH. Seed of this and our finest Gigran- 

 teum and Grandlflorum strains, 36c and 60c per 

 packet. We can alBO quote per weight. We sent 

 out SCHIZANTHUB WI8KTONKN8IS. 



HUoH LUW & uUi HIDDLBSSXt EN«iiAV» 



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HJALMAR HARTMANN & CO. 



Growers (or the Wholesale Trade Only. 



18 Stormgade, COPENHA'GEN 



81 Bar<^y St., New York 



Cauliflower and Gabbase SejU 



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causing these flowerless crowns to suf- 

 fer when they were, of course, only 

 small planting stuff and had only jdst 

 been planted out. These 'ffoWerless 

 crowns will require another sisyjoi^'/jcn" 

 two before they can be suitable for 

 export, and even then it is feared they 

 will throw a very coarse spike; but they 

 will probably be fairly suitable for late 

 forcing or retarding. It is feared that 

 in two years' time the same effect will 

 be apparent from the hot weather late- 

 ly experienced, with the small crowns 

 put out last winter and spring." 



B. J. 



GERMAN SEED FARMS. 



Ertut Benary, Erfurt. 



Before starting on a trip to Germany 

 I was asked by the editor of the Horti- 

 cultural Advertiser to make a few n^tes 

 about the seed farms of that countrryr'lt* 

 must be clearly understood that this was 

 only a passing visit of a few days, which 



Plcea Pungrens Olauca (Eoster), transplanted '06 



N. DEN OUDEN & SON, SjasaS' '^SSSTil 



nursery stock for tbe American trade. Oatalonit 



free on demand; also views in oar norsenes. 



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Danish Seed 



CAUI<IB'IX>WKB Snowball and Haaffc's 

 Bxtra Early Erfnrter Dwarf. 



CABBAGE, White Amacer (Stonehead). 

 Wrtto direct to the Krower. 



CHRIS. OLSEN, 



Seed 

 Grower 



Odense, Denmark 



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Maoetti Stocks 



One million fine, one-year, EngrUsh-rrovii. 

 Also a largre stock of Roses, all leading kinda, 

 per 1000 strong plants. Quantities shipped u« 

 nually to leading American firms. Befereaoai 

 Bassett & Washburn, Chlcp'O. 



W. G. SLOCOCK, Woking, Surrey, Englaiil. 



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jbAsaasT BTOOK or aza 



BELGIAN PLANTSI 



Aaaleaa, Araucarlaa, Sweet Ba.7i» 

 Palma, Begonijta, Gloxinias, etc. 



LOUIS VAN HOUTTE PERE 



GHENT, BeUriom. 



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does not allow one to make anythihg like 

 full notes of all the things to be seen. 

 To begin with, I would say that nastur- 

 tiums are grown purposely on poor soil, 

 and thus grown are nearly all flower in- 

 stead of leaf. 



Erfurt was the first center visited, and 

 Ernest Senary 's establishment was the 

 first one attacked. 



A great feature of this old established' 

 firm is the petunias, which make a most 

 extensive and imposing display. They are 

 grown under tiled sheds, with open 



