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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



January 3, 1907. 



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DAMMANN & CO. 



Seed and Bulb Growers 

 and Merchants 



San GiOTanni a Tedncclo, near Naples, Italy 



EstabllBhed 1877 

 By Appointment to H. M. the King of Italy 



HKADQUAKTEUS FOK 



Cauliflower and Tripoli Onion Seed 

 (Including Crystal Wax and Bermuda) 



And for all other Vegetable Seeds 

 of Unrivaled Quality. 



All Flower Seeds grown on an enormous scale 



Ask for Our Wholeeale Catalogue. 



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WIBOLTTS SNOWBALL 

 CAULIFLOWER-SEED 



is thf earliest of 

 all Snowballs, the> | 

 most compact, the 

 surest header, is 

 giving the largest and snow- 

 whitest heads, and is the 

 best keeper in dry-weather. 

 Demand it through your 

 seed-Firm or direct from 



No.34: 



R. WlBOLTT, lUKSKOV. DENMARK I 



Mention Hie Berlew when you write. 



CAILIFLOWER | 

 CABBAGE E 



HJAf.MAB HABTMAHN «E CO. 



firowers for the Whol ejale T rade Onlr* 

 IS Stormcade. COFKNHAOBir 



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Choice Flower Seeds 



The very finest strains of Primnla Sinensis, 

 Herbaceous Calceolaria, etc., are grown 

 and oflered for sale by 



H. B. MAY & SONS 



UPPER EDMONTON, LONDON, ENGLAND 



Price List on application. 

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committee of the house again this month, 

 when those opposed to the practice will 

 be heard. C. E. Kendel, of the A. C. 

 Kendel seed house, who is secretary of 

 the American Seed Trade Association, 

 will appear before the committee and pre- 

 sent some of the arguments of the asso- 

 ciation. The executive committee of the 

 association will have its meeting in Wash- 

 ington at the same time. 



IMPORTS. 



The imports of seeds through the port 

 of New York for the week ending De- 

 cember 28 were as follows: 



Kind. Bags. Val. Kind. Bags. Val. 



Annat ... 57 $ 1,104 Grass 577 $9,627 



Caraway.. 70 268 Mustard 100 1,174 



Card'm .. 46 898 Poppy 756 2,147 



Castor ...2,637 13.177 Rape 43 132 



Clover ... 300 7,267 Sugar beet.. 450 3,234 



Fennel ... 23 315 Other 5,799 



Fenng'k . 160 788 



In the same period the imports of 

 plants, bulbs, etc., were of the aggre- 

 gate value of $6,991. 



WILSON PROPOSES REMEDY. 



Secretary Wilson, of the Department 

 of Agriculture, has a plan which would 

 put an end to the free seeds. The plan 

 proposed contemplates the introduction 

 and breeding of now plants and fruits 

 and the extension of the growing of 

 others in climates suited to them. This 



Dahlias 



Awarded 10 

 Gold Medals 

 in 1903, 12 in 

 1904, 12 in 1905 

 and 12 in 1906. 



Pot Roots 



Awarded the Silver 

 Medal by the Inter- 

 national Jury 

 at the St. Louis 

 Exposition. 



POT ROOTS FOR SHIPMENT AT ONCE Every section, including the popular OAOTUS, 



^________^^_^^^^^^ Show, Fancy. Pompon and Single, atS6.00 per 



kinds at S8.00 and $9 00 per 100. These are post free 

 Terms casli with order. 



100 in 25 sorts. Better and newer 

 terms. Note this when comparing prices. 



TEMPTING BARGAINS '^^oae who prefer to have their goods through a forwarding 

 — __^-^^_^_^^^^^ house instead of by parcels post can be supplied in every section, 

 IncludiDg Cactus, at $4.00, $6.00 and $6.00 per 100 in 25 sorts. 



12 SEEDLING CACTUS DAHLIAS Aim04 sorts and certificated by the Dahlia Societies 

 in England; post free for $2.50 — Dainty, Edith 



Groom, George Gordon, Hereward, Lauretta, Mr. Keith, Mrs. J. W. Wilkinson, Osprey, 



Pink Pearl, Rainbow, Sweet Nell, Violetta. 



1905 SEEDLING CACTUS DAHLIAS a rare opportunity; only a few to olTer. One 

 each of the following 12 kinds post free for $3.00: 



Alfred Morgan. Antelope, Cockatoo, Harbour Light, Jeanette, Miss Dorothy Oliver, Nero, 

 Rosy Morn, Sir A. Lamb, Tricolour, W.E.Dickson, W. Hopkins. 



1906 SEEDLING CACTUS DAHLIAS Oneeachoftheiollowing new varieties^ which 



— .^^.^^^— — ^^^__— _^^^^_ have been awarded, post free for $1.00: Marjorle 

 Caselton, Silver Wings, The Pilot and White Swan. 



Terms cash with order. Catalogue free on application. 



HOBBIES LIMITED, - Norfolk Nurserlos, - DEREHAM, EN6. 



LONDON DEPOT, 17. Broad JStreet Place, ■. C. 



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The Royal Tottenham 

 Nurseries, Ltd.^'i'YlS*^ 



Managing Director, A. M. C. VAN DER ELST 



Dedemsvaart, Holland 



Headquarters for Hardy Foronnlals, among 

 which are the latest and choicest. 13 acres de- 

 voted to growing this line, including Anemone, 

 Aster, Campanula, Delphinium, Ftmklas, Hem- 

 erocalUs, Hepatica, Incarvlllea, Iris, Peonies, 

 Phlox decassata and suffraticosa. Primula, 

 Pyrethmm.Tritoma. Hardy Heath, Hardy Ferns. 

 Also 5 acres of Daffodils, 12 acres of Conifers, 

 specially younr choice varieties to be crown on; 

 8 acres Rhododendrons, including the best Amer- 

 ican and Alpine varieties; 2 acres Hydrangeas. 

 We make it a point to grow all the latest novel* 

 ties ID these lines. Ask for Catalog. 



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A VERY PROSPEROUS 



AND 



HAPPY NEW YEAR 



TO THE 



AMERICAN TRADE 



Van Der Wei jden & Co. 



The Nurseries, Boskoop, Holland 

 V / 



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Z^aJCOBST STOCK OF A2^L 



BELGIAN PLANTS! 



Azaleas, Araucarias, Sweet Bays, 

 Palms, Begfonias, Gloxinias, etc. 



LOUIS VAN HOUTTE PERE 



GHENT, Belgium. 



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is being done on a small scale, but as an 

 example of what the department wants 

 to do take the com crop. It is proposed 

 to improve com by simply breeding and 

 selecting a grain adapted to different cli- 

 matic and soil conditions throughout the 

 country. The work would be applicable 

 in large part to all portions of the 

 United States. 



From seventy- three to seventy-five proj- 

 ects have been developed and these and 

 many others will be submitted to con- 



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EstaWthed 18M. CaMe aMrcss, Jaeralaad NIms 

 A. B. C Code used. 



JACQUES ROLUND 



Seed Grower and Merchant 



NIMIS. FRANCE 



Vegetable, Flower and 

 Agricultural Seeds 



Speolmlfles are Phlox Dnuniuondll 

 and Lnoeme of ProTence. 



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Ardisia Creoulata 



Beautiful plants for spring delivery in all 

 sizes. These Ardisias were grown in Bel- 

 gium and we can supply small plants for 

 "growing on" by the 1000 at very low 

 prices. 



Palms, Araucarias* Bay Trees, etc. 



of very best quality and carefully se- 

 lected for import. 



ORNAMENTAL TREES, SHRUBS 



etc.. Complete line of French, Holland 

 and English Stocks. All kinds of plants 

 for forcing. RArFIA t RAPFIA t 



H. Frank Darrow, Importer 



ta Barclay St., P. O. Box 1250, New York 



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A part of our Rhododendron Hybrid. 



H. DEN OUDEN & SON, ^V^^'^S^.^^^t^s^ 



nursery stock for the American trade. Catalogue 

 free on demand; also views in our nursery. 



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gress. There is the question of increas- 

 ing the production of beet sugar. Prac- 

 tically all seed for this plant now comes 



