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October 23, 1»0«. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



1497 



iims, and other varieties in the same 

 proportion. Altogether on the seven 

 different grounds there were nearly 6,000 

 different lots of trials and different lots 

 of seed being selected for stock. 



After going carefully over this farm, 

 a motor was boarded and the five miles 

 to Twickenham quickly covered. At one 

 time the firm used to have the whole of 

 its grounds here, but owing to the rapid 

 extension of the business they had to 

 take the additional grounds at Feltham. 



Here were found the flower seed trials. 

 A sample of every parcel of seed that 

 comes in is sent down here to be grown. 

 Unfortunately it was too late to see the 

 sweet peas in bloom, but there had been 

 350 trials, a splendid sight when in full 

 bloom. The members of the National 

 Sweet Pea Society paid a visit in July, 

 and were greatly interested. 



In conclusion, a slight account of 

 Watkins & Simpson's warehouses in 

 London may be of interest. Tavistock 

 street was the first visited. Here one 

 office is entirely devoted to the stock 

 books, in which every item of seed in 

 the place is noted, together with its 

 pedigree, year of harvest, growth and 

 trial reports. In the testing-room more 

 than 10,000 samples are tried for germi- 

 nation every year. The results are veri- 

 fied by a French testing machine, heated 

 by gas, in which the' seeds are wrapped 

 'in paper, damped, and show in a very 

 few days the percentage of germination. 



The Exeter street warehouse is en- 

 tirely devoted to flower seeds. Some of 

 the little drawers (over 1,500 in num- 

 ber) contained choice seeds of primula, 

 calceolaria, etc., to the value of $500 to 

 $1,000. It is interesting to note that 

 the firm disposes every year of fourteen 

 tons of sweet peas, and mignonette, 

 nasturtium, etc., in the same proportion. 



One immense floor on Neal street was 

 entirely devoted to Dutch bulbs, and 

 will be until the end of October, when 

 the seed season commences. Another 

 enormous floor is devoted to peas and 

 beans, and this is filled and emptied two 

 or three times during the season. 



Mounting higher, another floor is 

 given over to small seeds, and contains 

 tons of Brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauli- 

 flower, etc. All these seeds are kept 

 from one year to the other so that they 

 may be tested at the trial grounds 

 before being sent out. 



GERMAN SEED FARMS. 



Dippe Bros., Quedlinbors. 



Time did not allow me to visit any 

 more of the numerous Erfurt firms, so I 

 moved my camp to Quedlinburg, also a 

 great center of the seed growing indus- 

 try. I went first to Dippe Bros., who 

 run one of those great businesses which 

 are more often found in America than 

 in England or on the Continent. A few 

 figures might perhaps be interesting. 

 They cultivate some 7,500 acres of land, 

 apportioned somewhat as follows: 



Acres. Acres. 



Lettuce, onion 187 Carrots 187 



Cress, spinach 156 Parsley, herbs 187 



Peas 393 Cucumbers 25 



Beans 312 Grains 2,680 



Cabbage, kohlrabi 187 Totatoes 87 



Radish, parsnip... 93 



FLOWKR SEEDS. 



Acres. Acres. 



Stocks 19 Pansles 14 



Asters 87 Sweet peas 34 



Mignonette 34 Sundry kinds 187 



Phlox 12 



PLANTS IN POTS. 



Pots. Pots. 



Stocks 260,000 Calceolarias 8,000 



Wallflowers 80,000 Carnations 5,000 



Cinerarias 20,000 Primula sinensis 80,000 



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riorists' Bulbs 



ALL our HOLLAND BULBS have arrived in excellent condition. 

 Our TULIPS are FIRST SIZE FLOWERING BULBS only. 



SINGLE TULIPS 



100 1000 



Artus, dark scarlet $1.15 $10.75 



Chrysolora, pure yeOow ... .95 7.50 



Cottage Maid, rosy pink ... .85 8.00 



KaJzerskroon, red and yellow 1.50 14.50 



La Reine, white LOO 8.00 



Yellow Prince, yellow .90 8.00 



DOUBLE TULIPS 



100 1000 



Gloria Soils, bronze red .... $1.25 $12.00 

 Imperator Rubrorum, scarlet 2 75 24.00 



MuriUo, blush white 2.00 18.50 



Tournesol, red and yellow . 1.75 15.00 



Toumesol, yellow 2.25 20X)0 



La Candeur, white 1.25 11.50 



ULIUM MILTIFLORUIVI 



Boddington's Early or Easter Flowering Type 



7— 9-mch bulbs, 300 in a case $5.00 per 100; $45.00 per 1000 



9— 10-inch bulbs, 200 in a case 8.50 per 100; 80.00 per 1000 



LILIUM GIOANTEUM AND ALL OTHER BULBS. 



Send for Special Prices and Catalogtie. 



Du^ch Romans or Miniature Hyacintlis 



To name.*'. .y 35cperdoz.; $2.25 per lOO) $20.00 per 1000 



EREESIAS, y2 to%-inch (surplus to close), 75c per 100; $6.00 per 1000. 



ARTHUR T. BODDINGTON 



342 W. 14tii Street, 



NEW YORK CITY 



Mention The ReTlew when yog write. 



OKESjTANm SEEDS 



ADE PIONLY liAKERS 



• Write • /ne*^oxf r • wc^rvis • 



iTOKES 



aiQ MftrNe* Street 

 philakdelphiA 



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A BED or MUSHROOMS 



Raised from our Spawn, will bear loiiKer and yield better than from any other variety of 

 Spawn. This Is proven by lacis. Full particulars and Information how to succeed In mushroom 

 ralslncr free. We warrant you If usln^ our method of growing mushrooms that all will go well. 



KNUD GUNDESTRUP & CO.. 427TKX'aTchicaoo 



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They employ 1,200 to 1,600 workmen 

 ami women, 260 horses, 460 oxen, four 

 field traction engines, twelve thrashing 

 machines, twenty-one mowing machines, 

 etc. They have tueir own smiths, wheel- 

 wrights, etc., an electric plant nearly as 

 large as the one owned by the town of 

 Quedlinburg; in fact, they constitute an 



com- 



almost completely self-contained 

 munity. ^ 



Henry Mette, Quedlinburg. 



Henry Mette is another large grower, 

 who cultivates almost all kinds of flower 

 seeds, and a large acreage of vegetable 

 seeds. In walking round his gardens. 



