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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



November 15, 1006. 



LILIUM TRADE IN ENGLAND. 



The Japan lilium bulb trade has lately 

 taken a very pleasant turn for the Euro- 

 pean importers and lately some heavy 

 sales have been made both in England 

 and the Continent, with the consequent 

 result that prices have stiffened consid- 

 erably. One feature of the trade is con- 

 tinual inquiries for retarded longiflorums 

 for immediate delivery. Although this 

 trade for immediate delivery is out of 

 season now, it has had the effect of caus- 

 ing retarding firms, especially the Ger- 

 man houses, to considerably increase the 

 quantity they originally intended for re- 

 tarding for 1907. This, of course, has 

 the effect of using up a much bigger 

 quantity of stock in sight and thereby 

 making prices rise rapidly. 



Much complaint has been heard of the 

 quality of the larger sizes of Japan 

 bulbs. Previously in booking orders, no 

 mention was made as to the number of 

 growths on each bulb, with the result 

 that the Japanese when packing the 

 larger sizes used in many cases bulbs of 

 three crowns, or rather three bulbs at- 

 tached to each other, which with the slight- 

 est rough handling broke apart. These 

 bulbs entirely fail in the object required. 

 Instead of producing one or two extra 

 strong stems with extra first quality 

 blooms, they produce three, four or five 

 stems of weak growth and only second 

 and third rate blooms. In buying big 

 sizes growers should take care to specify 

 the number of crowns to each bulb, as 

 many of the English buyers are now 

 doing. "• "• 



SOME EUROPEAN NOVELTIES. 



J. C. Schmidt, Erfurt, Germany, is 

 sending out "Verbena Aubletia compacta, 

 a new, distinct species of very compact 

 growth and an abundance of beautiful 

 bright reddish-lilac flowers. It is about 

 ten inches in height and carries the 

 flowers freely above the foliage. Coleus 

 salicif olius Parrot, latest variegated hy- 

 brids, have long, narrow, more or less 

 pronged leaves standing closely round 

 the branches, which give to the plant 

 through their singular colors and wonder- 

 ful designs a handsome and attractive 

 appearance. It is expected that they will 

 rank popular as market plants. 



Henry Mette, Quedlinburg, Germany, 

 is sending out three new asters, named 

 Early Flowering Hohenzollern, Queen of 

 the Market and Large-flowered Dwarf 

 Queen. The Early Flowering Hohenzol- 

 lern commences to flower about the end 

 of June. The colors are crimson, dark 

 blue and light blue. The plants are of 

 globular habit, attaining a height of one 

 and one-half to two feet and bearing on 

 long, strong stalks flowers of five to six 

 inches across, useful for all decorative 

 purposes. 



Bell & Bieberstedt, Leith, Scotland, are 

 offering two new peas, The Bell and 

 The Scotsman. The Bell is a main crop 

 variety with long, straight pods pro- 

 duced in pairs with ten to twelve peas in 

 a pod; one of the heaviest cropping peas 

 in cultivation and good for exhibition. 

 The Scotsman has dark green foliage and 

 differs from The Bell in having long, 

 crooked, dark green pods, also produced 

 in pairs with ten or twelve peas in a 

 pod, of immense size and excellent fla- 

 vor. Both varieties' received awards of 

 merit from the Eoyal Horticultural So- 

 ciety of England in 1905. 



Watkins & Simpson, London, offer a 

 new runner bean, The Marvel, the pods 

 of which are from six to eight inches 



HIGH mil Rd IN 

 GRADE DCJL'D^ SURPLUS 



Hyacinths, first size named 6.60 per 100; 61.60 per 1000 



secoDd size, named 4.50 per 100; 41.50 per 1000 



N«rol«aus Paper White Orandiflora, extra select 1.25 per 100; 9.00 per 1000 



double Von Sion, extra select 1.26perl00; ll.SOperlOOO 



double Von Sion, XXX double-nosed 2.00 per 100; 18.60 per 1000 



KMPBROR, mother bulbs 2.00perl00; lOOOperlOOO 



Kmpr«s« 2.00perlOO: 1900perl00O 



OoldenEhpur 1.76perl00; 156Operl0OO 



" Oranar* Phoaoiz 1.00 per 100; 900perl000 



IncomparablUs 85 per 100; 7.00 per 1000 



Tullpa. ArtuB 1.16 per 100; 10.50 perlOOO 



Dusart, best red 2.00perl00; 19.00perloOO 



Joost von Vondel 1.25perl00; ll.SOperlOOO 



LaRalne, Fancy 90perl00; 7.60perl000 



" Keizarakroon 1.66perl00; 15.00perl000 



CliryBolora 90perl00; 7.50perl000 



Pottabakkar, scarlet 1.65 per 100; 14.50perl000 



white 1.40perl00; 12.00perl000 



Raobel Ruysob l.lSperlOO; lO.OOperlOOO 



'• -RoseGrtsdeUn 1.25 perlOO: ll.OOperlOOO 



" Duo van Ttaoll, single red and yellow I.lOperlOO; 9.50perl0eo 



" rose 2.00perl00; 17.60perl000 



Prince of Austria 2.30perl00; 20.50perl000 



Jacbt von Delft 85 per 100; 7.00 per 1000 



Rex Bubrorum 1.60perl00; 14.00perl000 



Gloria Bolus 1.25 per 100; ll.OOperlOOO 



LaCandeur 1.25perl00; 11.50perl000 



TeUow Rose 85perl0O: 7.00perl000 



" single, fine mixed 65perl00; 5.50perl000 



" single, extra fine mixed 90perl00; 7.60perl000 



Freeslas, mammoth, K to %-inch 86 per 100; 7.60 per 1000 



Llllum Multfflorum, 9to 10 8.50perl00; SO.OOperlOOO 



GlBanteum, 7 to 9 6.50 per 100; CO.OOperlOOO 



Wot otber varieties, write tor trade list. 



CURRIE BROS. COMPANY 



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Gladiolus Bulbs 



NOT BETTXR THAN THK BEST 

 BUT BKTTKR THAN THE REST . 



Standard Mixed and Hybrid Seedlings 



5000 GUdlolns— The Bride 81.00 per lOO; $S 00 per 1000 



Oladiolos— America, large stocic: tine bulbs SIO.OO per 100; $75.00 per 1000 



PeoBlei— White, pink, and red shades, $1.50 per doz : one dozen ot each color 



for $-i 00: $10.00 per 100; 100 of each color for $26.00. 



Peony Officinalis— Rubra, early red $1.25 per doz; $8.00 per 100 



Dahlia— Sylvia, great pinic for florists' use, strong clumps, $1..M) per doz.; $10.00 



per 100. 



CUSHMAN GLADIOLUS CO. 



SYLVANIA, OHIO 



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long and borne in clusters of from five any existing variety. Besides their four 



to six. As a market variety it is thought new sweet peas, which, by the way, are 



a great acquisition, both as to prolific- said to be selling largely in America, 



ness and quality of pods as well as earli- they have a number of other new vege- 



ness, being considerably earlier than tables. 



