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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



E^BHUABT 14, 1907. 



ties of the trade for the English and 

 American markets, and if practical, send- 

 ing out capital in the hands of responsi- 

 ble agents, with the intention of ear 

 marking the principal cultivations; and 

 also I know some of the leading Ameri- 

 can seed houses have made contracts with 

 agents at the Azores for an increasing 

 and continuous supply. So far it has 

 not come within my knowledge of any 

 English growers or importers taking any 

 interest in the matter, although some of 

 our leading firms have been approached 

 on the subject. It will be a great pity 

 and in fact a great loss to the English 

 horticultural trade and the lilium im- 

 porting trade in particular if this prom- 

 ising and important source of supply is 

 allowed to pass into the hands of the 

 G«rman and American merchants and 

 importers. The trade would welcome a 

 purely English concern that imported 

 and supplied these bulbs, and my object 

 in referring at this length to this mat- 

 ter is in the hopes that the enterprise 

 of our home firms may at least take a 

 share of the valuable trade in bulbs from 

 this new source, and not allow foreign 

 competitors to have it entirely in their 

 own hands, with a consequent great loss 

 to the English dealers and growers. 



IMPORTS. 



The imports of seeds through the port 

 of New York for the week ending Feb- 

 ruary 2 were as follows 



Kind Bacs. Val. Kind. Bags. Val. 



Annattc • itS $ ].2.55 Millet 500$ 954 



Canary .. 400* 736 Mustard ....400 4.262 



Caraway.. 620 4.61S I'oppy 494 .5,571 



Castor ..3,:{09 17,2<>4 Uape ■•••••• 1'^ ,»2 



Clover ...2,095 51,641 Sugar beet... 2 12 



Fennel .. 30 5<iO Other 0.206 



Grass .... 89 1,250 



In the same period the imports of 

 trees and plants were valued at $9,865. 



TOLEDO GRASS SEED MARKET. 



Toledo, O., Feb. 6.— The Toledo seed 

 dealers are in the midst of one of the 

 most peculiar situations ever known on 

 'his market. Foreign seed has taken 

 i he place of domestic in the east, forcing 

 1 he local dealers to sell off and meet the 

 tompetition. Imports at New York last 

 week were 4,700 bags of foreign seed, 

 the largest amount ever known to have 

 been sent to this country. Most of the 

 foreign seed has stopped in Baltimore 

 and other eastern cities, but that which 

 has found its way to this market has 

 been of unusually high grade, as shown 

 by government inspection. 



The fact is, however, that little seed 

 of any kind can be obtained on this 

 market at the present time. The de- 

 mand for seed has been so light that the 

 supply has not had to be larg^; conse- 

 quently a large demand finds the market 

 nearly bare. Toledo dealers have tried 

 to use as little foreign seed as possible. 



The market is 70 cents lower than its 

 high point and 50 cents lower than last 

 Saturday. The farmers have also be- 

 come frightened and started to unload 

 their seed and have helped the foreign 

 importations to put the market down 

 much lower. 



Toledo, O., Feb. 11.— Cloverseed— 

 Cash, $8.05; February, $8.05; March, 

 $8.10; April, $7.92y2; timothy, $2.10; 

 alsike, $7.62 Va. 



After investigating the clover seed 

 situation, a leading Chicago house had 

 this to Bay: "Our traveling man re- 

 turned today from quite an extended trip 



Rawson's Primula Obconica. 



Is absolutely distinct from any other strain offered. IT HAS NO BQUALi MOR SUPE- 

 RIOR. Our VRKdH CROP seeds are in and sbould be sown at once. 



RAWSON'S NEW GIANT. RAWSON'S NEW COLOSSAL. 



Per 100 seeds Per 1000 seeds Per 100 seeds 



Mixed lO.bO «4 00 Mixed $0.76 



Pink or Crimson 60 4.00 Rosea 75 



PureWhite 50 4.00 Dark Lilac 75 



Herms Floral Co., Portsmouth, O., writes us February 1, 1907: "This season's Primulas 

 and Cyclamen were the finest we have ever grown. From your seeds." 



RAWSON'S SEEDS ALWAYS GIVE SATISFACTION. 



W. W. RAWSON & CO., 5 Union St., Boston, Mass. 



p. S. We are now Sole Distributors for Boston for CARMAN'S 

 ANTI-PEST. If you wish to know what it is, 

 send for circular. 



Mention The Berlew when yon write. 



OUR WHOLESALE CATALOGUE 



for florists and market gardeners is NOW 

 READY and will be sent free to all who ask 

 for it. 



NEW CROP 



Flower Seeds are mostly all on hand now 

 and we are prepared to fill orders promptly. 

 We handle only the highest grade seeds. 

 Compare our prices belore ordering 

 elsewhere. 



Gold storage LUy of tbe Valley Pips, 



best possible grade, 1000 in case, $12 per 1000. 



J. M. THORBURN & CO. 



33 Barclay St., through to 38 

 Park Place, NEW YORK. 



Augttsta Gladiolos 



First size. 1% and up $12.00 per 1000 



Second size, l3>i-lj^ 8.00 per 1000 



Cash with order. Satisfaction guaranteed. 



Bowehl&6ranz,HicksYille,ll.,H.Y. 



— from St. Louis to the seaboard. He 

 claims most dealers are afraid of a repe- 

 tition of last year's experience, and say 

 they will only buy from hand to mouth. 

 Stocks light, and he is positive that few 

 of the large dealers have any quantity 

 of foreign seed in transit, so we are 

 liable to get any old kind of a market 

 from this on. The demand is going to 

 be a large one and whether there is 

 enough foreign seed coming to fill vacan- 

 cies is a question. ' ' 



CLOVER AND GRASS REPORT. 



The London wholesale trade has issued 

 the annual report on grass and clover 

 seeds. English red clover is said to be 

 the largest crop on record, the whole be- 

 ing harvested in fine condition, but, as 

 predicted in my previous notes to the 

 Review, prices are maintained at a satis- 

 factory level. The exceptionally fine 

 quality has tempted much foreign trade 

 and immense quantities are being shipped 

 to pratically every market in Europe. 

 Practically all the European producing 

 centers are a short crop. 



There are reports of a good crop in 



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 from a 



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one of many we made 

 for 1907 



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841-847 Clark St., CHICAGO 



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SHAMROCK 



IBISH. THE REAL THING! GREEN 



Strong and fine plants. Better order early. 

 14.00 per lOu; or 60c per doz., by mall. 



..XXX SEEDS.. 



▼erbena. Improved mammoths; the very finest 

 grown; mixed, 1000 seeds, 26c. 



Claerarls. Finest large-flowering dwarf, mixed 

 colors, 1000 seeds, 60c. 



Chinese Primrose. Finest large-flowering 

 fringed varieties, mixed: single and double, 

 600 seeds, 11.00; half pkt., 60c. 



Pansy, Finest Olants. The best large-flower- 

 ing varieties, critically selected; mixed, 6000 

 seeds, 11.00; half pkt., 60c. Pkt. Mme. Ferret, 

 "gratis." 



Petnnla. New Star, from the finest marked 

 flowers, extra choice. Trade pkt., 36c. 



Cash. Extra count of seeds in all packets. 



JOHN F. RUPP, Shiremanstown, Pa. 



THE HOME OF FBIltBO0E8. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



GLADIOLI 



Write for trade price list of named varieties, 

 assorted colors and fine mixtures. 



E. E. ST£WART, Rives Jnnction, Mich. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



Chile, but an increased demand has 

 sprung up from the United States, even 

 so far as to be worth while to reship 

 some Chilean supplies to the States, 

 where values appear to be fully main- 

 tained. 



White clover has done well through 

 the whole season and the quantity is 

 much above the average. The quality is 

 above the average. Continental supplies 

 of this article are perhaps somewhat 

 better than the English. The price is 

 at present lower than the supply seems 

 to warrant. 



The growth of clover, especially red, is 



