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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Dbcembbb 6, 1906. 



Comet Tomato 



Tbose ivbo force tomatoes sbould give 



Oomet" a trial. This variety has been tbe tallc 



of Rardeners around Boston tbe past season. 



Tbose wbo bave seen it growing: declare tbere's 



Dotblng to compare witb it. Seed, $6.00 per oi. 



WILLIAM SIM, Cliftondale, Mass. 



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IMPORTS. 



The imports of seeds through the port 

 of New York for the week ending No- 

 vember 30 were as follows: 



Kind. 

 Anise . . . 

 Caraway 

 Car'm . , 

 Castor . 

 Clover . 

 Cor'der 

 Cummin 



Bags. Val. 

 35 $ 497 



9()0 6,231 



20 

 .1,366 

 . 460 

 . 305 

 . 100 



588 



6,570 



11,310 



1,022 



1,863 



Kind. 

 Fennel 

 Fenng'k 

 Grass . 

 Mustard 

 Uape . . 

 Other . 



In the same period the 

 plants, bulbs, etc., were of 

 gate value of $30,099. 



Bags. Val. 



. 18 $ 305 



. 160 788 



. 414 10,646 



. 525 4,782 



. 19 62 



. . . 2,226 



imports of 

 the aggre- 



V ALLEY PIPS ARRIVING. 



A shipment of valley pips reached 

 New York December 3 on the steamer 

 Pretoria, from Hamburg. The total 

 number of cases were 894, making 3,654 

 to date. The cases were consigned as 

 follows: 



C&S6S 



Darrow, H. Frank 116 



Maltus & Ware ISO 



Boehrs, J., Co 125 



Scheepers, J., & Co 75 



Stumpp & Walters Co 160 



Taat, W 142 



Yokohama Nursery Co 100 



EUROPEAN SEED NOTES. 



The crops of red clover in England 

 appear to be satisfactory. Especially 

 does this apply to the south Lincolnshire 

 cultures and some low prices for fine 

 quality seeds are expected. It was 

 asserted the other day, by a leading 

 Lincolnshire seed grower, that there 

 would be above the average yield of 

 home-grown clover seed, so much so as 

 to considerably affect the sale of for- 

 eign seeds; and more than one seed 

 merchant who handles clover largely (one 

 as much as sixty tons of red each year) 

 said he expected to use nothing but 

 English-grown seed during 1907. 



There are at least two facts which 

 tend to help make a success of clover 

 cultures for seed in Lincolnshire. One 

 is that dodder does not at all trouble 

 the growers in that district. Why that 

 is true I am not able to say, but I know 

 that in all other districts it is the worst 

 enemy of any clover crop. One of the 

 largest clover growers in the Boston 

 district stated that in his opinion the 

 reason dodder is of no consequence is 

 that the land in that district is in the 

 highest state of cultivation and is the 

 best possible soil to produce vigorous 

 clover. The crop is able at an early 

 stage of growth to completely choke the 

 destructive weed. I have noticed, and 

 also heard it asserted many times, that 

 dodder is always the greatest trouble on 

 sandy or chalky soils, in which case the 

 absence of trouble in the district in 

 question is easily explained, as a better 

 all-round quality of soil is not to be 

 found in all England than that in south 

 Lincolnshire. 



Another fact recently came to my 

 notice in the clover trade while travel- 

 ing in Lincolnshire. That was, contrary 

 to the general experience, seed procured 

 from the Chilian supplies, when grown 

 in the district in question, produces finer 

 seed than from seed procured from any 



Clearing Sale SURPLUS BULBS 



FOR POT CULTURE AND FORCING 



Sl^"!^ A 25 bulbs at 100 rate. 260 at 1000 rate. Per 100 Per 1000 



Narciasns, Giant Princeps and double Incomparabllis, 



fine forforclngr 10.76 16.00 



Narcissus, Single IncomparablliB, CynoBure and 



... AlbusStella 60 4.60 



'"^^ Narcissus, Blcolor Grandee, large flower, similar to 



Empress 90 8.0O 



<°^''''^'^^^^ Narcissus, Single Trumpets, choice mixed excep- 



k«^^^" tloniil value 60 4.60 



Chinese Sacred lollies, per basket, (30 bulbs). 11.26; 

 !^, ^^mmmsm m per bale, ( 120 bulbs), 14 50. 



^^ V^HVUra ImA Narcissus, Double Von Sion, (double nose) 176 16.00 



"'^^'!^mwm iT^ m/l Narcissus Rugllobus, Primrose Perianth, large 



r/filmim Mill yellow trmnpets 2.00 



ywmllW /wU Tulips, single, Plcopee or Maiden's Blush 1.25 10.00 



White Roman Hyacinths, (French), 12-16 cm 2.26 21.00 



Write for prices of Tulips, Peonies, Lily of the Valley, 

 Begonias, Gloxinias, Fern Balls, etc. 



JOHNSON SEED CO., 217 Market Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Herbert W. Johnson, of the late firm of Johnson h Stokes, President. 



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XXX SEEDS 



Verbena. Improved mammoths; the very finest 



grown; mixed, 1000 seeds, 25c. 

 Cineraria. Finest large-flowering dwarf, 1000 



seeds, 50c. 



Phlox Pumlla Compacta. Very dwarf and 

 compact; grand for pots; in finest colors, 

 mixed. Trade pkt., 25c. 



Alyssum Compactnm. The most dwarf and 

 compact variety grown; perfect little balls 

 when grown in pots. Trade pkt., 25c. 



Chinese Primroaei Finest large-flowering 

 fringed, varieties, mixed : single and. double, 

 500 seeds, tl.OO; half pkt., 60c. 



Pansy, "finest Giants'. i?he best large-flower- 

 ing varieties, critically selected; Vnlxed, 6000 

 seeds, tl.OO; half pkt., 50c. 



Petunia. New star, from the finest marked 

 flowers, extra choice. Trade pkt., 25c. 



Salvia Bonfire. Finest variety grown, lOCO 

 seeds, 40c. 



Cyclamen OlKanteum. Finest giant mixed, 

 200 seeds, $1.0U; M pkt , 50c. 



PRIMROSES 



IMPROVED CHINBSE. Finest grown, 

 mixed, XXX, strong, 3- inch, 11.60 per 100. 



JOHN r. RUPP, Shiremanstown, Pa. 



THK HOMB OF PBHtKOSBS. 



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Wm. P. Craig 



IMPOHTXB— XXPOBTXB 



Plants, Bulbs and Seeds 



1305 Filbert St. 



' Isntjl^raiid gSeT*^*""^ '*'»""'••»'''• 

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DAHLIAS 



Now Is the time to place your order for Bolbi 

 which will insare your getting named varieties in 

 any quantity; delivery to be made this fall or 

 early spring. 



DAVID HERBERT ft SON 



SoccesBorB to L. K. Peacock, Inc. ATCO. N. J. 

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other source. The crop of seed the first 

 year is lighter in weight and not of 

 such a good color. The second year it 

 is equal to other supplies from other 

 sources, and the third year is superior 

 to that procured from any other district. 

 Just why this is so does not seem to be 

 fully understood among the local farm- 

 ers, but probably it is again the result 

 of being grown on soil best suited to its 

 requirements. Certainly some samples 

 which I recently inspected in the district, 

 from Chilian supplies, were the finest I 

 had ever seen. 



While on the subject of clover it may 



LILY OF THE VALLEY PIPS 



Just arrived and are, as usual, tbe flnest im- 

 ported into this market no matter nnder 

 what name. 



SPIRAEA 

 Japonica, extra itrong clumps.$3.60 per 100 



Afltllboldes Floiibunda 4.00 per 100 



ComiMUsta Multtflora 4.00 per 100 



Gladstone 6.50 per 100 



LILIUM LONGIFLORUM 



Per 1000 Per 100 



6 to 8 inches $27.00 $8.00 



7 to 9 Inches 46.00 6.00 



MuItlflorum,6to81ncbes... 28.00 8.00 



7 to 9 inches,, . 50.00 6.60 



J. M. THORBURN & CO. 



33 Barclay St., through to 38 

 Park Place, NEW YORK. 



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Gladiolus Bulbs 



Our bulbs are not better than 

 the best, but better than tbe rest. 



TBT T] 



Cushman Gladiolus Co. 



BTIiVAVZA, OBIO. 



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Chinese Sacred Lily Builis 



Imported direct from China— the flnest bulbs 

 procurable. Every florist should have them for 

 store sale. Price, selected bulbs, 60c per do*.; 

 original basket containing 30 bulbs, tl.26; per 1009, 

 $30.00. Order today. 



THE DINOEE & CONARD CO. 



Rose Growers WS8T GROVS, PA. 



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be interesting to mention that, in this 

 country at least, owing to the vastly 

 improved cleaning machinery of our lead- 

 ing seed houses, clover samples are gen- 

 erally offered comparatively free from 

 weed seeds. Some fifteen or eighteen 

 different kinds of weed seeds were com- 

 monly found in samples of red clovers. 

 All of these to the casual observer may 

 appear identical to clover seed in size, 

 shape and color, but on closer examina- 

 tion they will be found totally different 

 in appearance and any grower, accus- 



