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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Apbil 4, 1907. 



The New Perpetual D D IT A lil IWI I A 



nowering Carnation |3|%| | /\|l||l||/\ 



The most profitable carnation in cultivation, and one that never splits* Color, clear scarlet; blooms 

 of good size on long, stiff stems. Strong plants, in pots, £5 per 100. Strong rooted cuttings, £3 

 per 100; £25 per 1000. Cash with order. Please remit by International Postoffice Order. 



A. Smith, The Nursery, Enfield Highway, Middlesex, England 



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communication still is interrupted. A 

 telegram from the Braslan Seed Grow- 

 ers' Co., San Jose, April 3, says: 

 "Fully fifty percent of our onion crop 

 has been destroyed by flood; our onion 

 crop at Coyote a total failure." Other 

 reports are of a like discouraging char- 

 acter. 



IMPORTS. 



The imports of seeds through the 

 port of New York for the week ending 

 March 23 were as follows: 



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



Annatto . 225 $ 2,415 F' greek ...107$ 486 



Anise ... 107 1,000 Grass 662 17,642 



Canary .. 20O l.Of.3 Millet 635 1,799 



Caraway.. 150 1,068 Mustard ...200 1,916 



Cardamom. 5 461 Poppy 761 4,553 



Castor .. T13 3,046 Rape IS.'i 1,158 



Clover ...2,367 60,023 Sugar beet . .502 3.092 



Coriander.. 454 1,232 Other 4,244 



In the same period the imports of 

 trees and plants were valued at $34,863. 



THE SEASON IN CONNECTICUT. 



S. D. Woodruff & Sons, Orange, Conn., 

 write as follows, under date of March 

 30: 



' ' Business is at its rush now. All 

 seed houses and dealers in Connecticut 

 are reporting the greatest rush ever. 

 The particular lines of seeds, such as 

 sweet corn, and a good many sorts of 

 beans, have been moving out remark- 

 ably well of late, so that the anticipated 

 surplus to carry over has been greatly 

 lessened. In fact, many of the largest 

 dealers are already sold up on a good 

 many of the most common varieties of 

 sweet corn and there is always a brisk 

 demand up to nearly June 1. 



"Onion sets and onions for seed are 

 being set rapidly. The spring has come 

 on all in a rush. Onion bulbs are keep- 

 ing nicely, as well as all roots of all 

 kinds that have thus far been dug out 

 of the pits." 



STATE OF TRADE. 



There was a quite general change 

 in the weather March 31, Easter, but 

 what seemed like a cold wave after the 

 heat of the last two weeks of March 

 was only a return to seasonable tem- 

 perature. Anyway, the spring season 

 had gathered too great headway for the 

 rush to be affected to any considerable 

 extent by a few days of cooler weather. 

 Spring is here and planters want their 

 seeds; as usual, they want them quick. 



The mail-order houses are rushed to 

 the limit; in many cases they say that 

 overtime does not suffice to keep up 

 with demands. The crop shortages are 

 beginning to be felt, for it is not pos- 

 sible to replenish stocks in some lines 

 already running low. Counter trade is 

 keeping the dealers on the jump, and 



T 



he Royal Tottenham 

 Nurseries, Ltd.^MR** 



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



Dedemsvaart, Holland 



Headquarters for Hardy Perennials, among: 

 which are the latest aud choicest. 18 acres 

 devoted to Krowing this line, including Anemone, 

 Aster, Campanula, Delphinium, Funkias, Hem- 

 erocallis. Hepatica, Incarvillea, Iris, Peonies, 

 Phlox decussata and Buflniticosa, Primula, 

 Pyrethrum, Trltoma, Hardy Heath, Hardy 

 Ferns. Also 5 acres of Daffodils, 12 acres of 

 Conifers, specially young choice varieties to be 

 grown on; 3 acres Rhododendrons, including the 

 best American and Alpine varieties; 2 acres 

 Hydrangeas. We make it a point to grow all the 

 latest novelties in these lines. Ask for Catalog. 

 Mention The Review when yon write. 



AZALEA INDICA 



Immense stock of all leading Commercial Vari- 

 eties for Fall delivery. We can also supply some 

 very fine New Varieties in limited quantities. 



LILY OP THE VALLEY 



for Import and from Gold Storage. 



AU kinds of BBLGIAN and HOLLAND 

 FLAhTS for torclna;. 



French, Dutch and Japanese Bulbs 



For prices and full information, please apply to 



H. Frank Darrow, Importer 



te Barclay St., P. O. Box ItSO, New Tork 



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HOLLAND 

 BULBS 



K.Velthuys,Hillegoin, Holland 



Ask for oar wholesale trade list 

 for Holland Bulbs. 



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the scarcity of experienced help is again 

 a factor. 



The wholesalers say that the country 

 seed dealers are doing a great business, 

 re-orders being exceptionally heavy. 



There has been a great demand for 

 sweet peas, and the call is by no means 

 near its end. 



SPRAYING MELONS. 



Paul Eose, well known as a grower 

 of melons and the originator of several 

 good varieties, says: "For six or eight 

 years I have been conducting experi- 

 ments in spraying melon vines with Bor- 

 deaux mixture to control the fungus 

 disease. In northern Michigan my ex- 



Tea Rose 



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Qtteen of Spain 



This grand Hesh-colored rose is undoubtedly 



THE ROSE OF THE SEASON 



It Is a seedling from Antoine Rivoire, with the 

 scent of Souvenir de la Malmaison, very full and 

 beautiful form, an ideal exhibition rose, a good 

 opener, and robust grower. 



We staged 68 perfect blooms at the Royal 

 Horticultural Society's Show at Holland House, 

 July 9 and 10, 1906, and after two days' show 

 were as good as when first set up, and were ad- 

 mitted to be in better condition than any other 

 variety in the show. 



Awarded the Oard of Oonunendation 



Vational Bose Society, Botanic 



Gardens, July 6. 



Award of Merit, Holland Honae Show, 

 Boyal Kortionltural Society. 



Stronff plants ready in pots in April. 

 Price, $1.90 each; 13 plants for SIB.OO; 

 60 for 966.00; 100 for flOO.OO. 



S. BIDE & SONS 



Bose Growers and Varserymen 



Farnham, Surrey* England 



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 SABOEST STOCK OF A£& 



BELGIAN PLANTS! 



Asaleas, Araucarias, Sweet Bays, 

 Palms, Begonias, Gloxinias, etc. 



LOUIS VAN HOUTTE PERE 



GHENT, Belgrium. 



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periments have been satisfactory, in 

 1904 and 1905 thorough spraying gave 

 us a full crop of high quality melons, 

 while those grown by neighbors under 

 like conditions but without spraying 

 were an entire failure, producing no 

 marketable fruits whatever. The season 

 of 1906 the unsprayed fields produced 

 a fair crop of good quality, but the 

 climatic conditions were different. My 

 success in controlling this fungus in 

 Michigan has led me to increase my acre- 

 age there, so as to do a car-lot business 

 this fall. Careful tests in Indiana have 



