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May 16, 1907. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



1995 



TIME TO PLANT 



HARDY 

 JAPANESE LILIES 



LILIUM AURATUM 



8 to 9-lnoh, $4.00 per 100 

 to ll-lncb, 7.00 per 100 



ULIUM SFKCIOSUM MKLPOMKNK Doz. 



8to 9-inch bulbs $0.76 



9 to 11-inch bulbs 1.26 



100 



$6.00 



8.60 



1000 



$66.00 



80.00 



LILIUM SPKCIOSUM RUBRUM Doz. 



8 to 9-lnch bulbs $0.76 



9to 11-inch bulbs 1.25 



100 



$3.50 



8.50 



GLADIOLI 



Per 100 Per 1000 

 Ansrnsta, the best floristB' white Gladiolus in existence ; 



Tst size bulbs, IH inches and up 12.50 |22.fi0 



Bulbs, 1^ to 19i Inches 2.25 20.00 



Groff 's Hybrids (origrinator's strain), extra selected 



bulbs 1.50 12.00 



Shakespeare, white and rose 4 75 45.00 



May, pure white, flaked, rosy crimson, the best forcer 



selected bulbs 1.75 16 00 



Brenchleyenais (true), fiery scarlet, selected bulbs — 2 00 15.00 



(true), 1st size bulbs 1.50 12.00 



BoddinKton's White and Light, extra selected bulbs 



15i Inches and up 2.00 15.00 



Bulbs 1^ to 1% inches 1.26 12.00 



American Hybrids, a mixture of the choicest varieties 



of Gladiolus In cultivation ; very fine 1.00 9.00 



Lemoine's Hybrids 150 12.00 



Childsii 2.60 18.00 



Finest all colors mixed 75 7.50 



FANCY-LEAVED CALADIUBf S 



A strand Brazilian collection containing twenty varieties 



personally selected by us from over one hunUred sorto submitted 

 by pressed leaves last summer— from which we selected the cream. 



Extra fine bulbs in 20 varieties 11.25 per doz.; 110.00 per 100 



Mixed varieties l.OOperdoz.; 8.00 per 100 



CALADIUM ESCULENTUM (ElephanfsEar.) 



Per 100 Per 1000 



Bulbs measuring 6 to 8 inches in circumference $1.60 110 00 



Bulbs measuring: 8 to 10 inches in circumference 3.60 30.00 



Bulbs measuring: 10 to 12 inches in circumference 5.50 50.00 



Monster bulbs measuring: 12 Inches and upward 10.00 



DIELYTRA SPECTABILIS 



(Bleeding Heart) 11.25 per doz. ; 7.50 



HTACINTHUS CANDICANS 



(Cape Hyacinth), large bulbs 1.25 



MADEIRA VINES 1.26 



TUBEROUS BEGONIAS 



lOOO 



SiO.OO 



80.00 



10.00 

 10.00 



Large bulbs 

 measuring 

 1}4 inches 

 and upward. 



Crimson 

 Scarlet 

 Wliite 

 Boss 



Pinii, light 

 Yellow 

 Salmon 

 Orange 

 . Copper 



Special Prices to Close 



SINGLE. 



Separate colorB, or 

 all colors mixed. 



100. $2.00 



1000, $16.00 



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DOUBLE. 



Separate colors, or 

 all colors mixed. 



100, $3.00 



1000, $27.60 



SINGLE, extra large bulbs, 1}4 inches and up, same colors as 



above. $2.25 per 100; $20.00 per 1000. 

 DOUBLE, extra large bulbs, 1% inches and up, same colors as 



above, $4.00 per 100; $35.00 per 1000. 



NEWER TUBEROUS-ROOTED BEGONIAS 



New Single Frilled Begonias— To color, each, 15c: doz., $1.50; 

 100. $10.00. Ail colors mixed, each, 10c; $1.00 per doz.; $7.50 per 100. 



Duke Zepplin, Intense pure vermilion scarlet, $1.60 per doz.: 

 $12.00 per 100. 



Lafayette, rich brilliant crimson scarlet, $2.00 per doz. ; $15.00 

 per 100. 



Begonia Hybrida The Butterfly— Mixture, all colors. Each, 

 20c; uoz., $2.00; $15.00 per 100. 



Single Begonia Bertinl— A beautiful bedding Begonia, produc- 

 ing a continuation of brilliant vprmlllon flowers of rare beauty. As 

 a bedder it stands unrivaled. $1.50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100. 



ARTHUR T. BODDINGTON, 342 W. 14th Street, NEW YORK CITY 



Mention The Review when you write. 



Western Headquarters for Finest 



^^ VALLEY PIPS 



Selected stock, $1.75 per 100, $14.00 per 

 1000. Can be returned at our expense 

 if not satisfactory on arrival. 



FINEST CIT VALLEY 



ALWAYS ON HAND. 



H. N. BRUNS 



1409.1411 W. Madison St., Chicago 



will retain half of the stock himself and 

 the other half will be taken by his close 

 friends and employees. The Shenandoah 

 people congratulate themselves that if 

 Mr. Field's plans are carried out they 

 will, in a short time, have in the town 

 the largest seed business in Iowa, if 

 not in the entire west. 



To the above Mr. Field adds under 

 date of May 14: "Please make note of 

 the fact that I have formed a company 

 to take over my seed business, with my- 

 self in control. Will build a fireproof 

 building costing approximately $30,000. 

 Also expect to improve and beautify the 

 grounds about the building and make it 

 a semi-public park and show place. Will 

 put in the latest improved seed machin- 

 ery. Will be glad to hear from parties 

 interested in any of these lines." 



BULBS IN HOLLAND. 



No trade visitor to Holland can pos- 

 sibly fail to notice the enormous extent 

 to which the culture of bulbs has ex- 

 tended during the last few years. Not 

 only have fresh fields been added to old 

 grounds, but huge areas of some hun- 



Stokes Standard $eeds 



Write xne for advance prices on 

 Frencb and Dutob Bulbs. 



$tokes $eed $tore 



219 Market St, Philadelphia. Pa. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



dreds of acres have been transformed 

 from woods to level fields intersected by 

 canals and planted with bulbs. We speak 

 now of the development in well-known 

 districts, but there are hundreds of acres 

 in other parts, where formerly it was 

 considered impossible to cultivate bulbs, 

 which are now carrying good crops of 

 tulips, narcissi, etc., and we are credibly 

 informed that the amount of land under 

 bulb culture is five .times more than it 

 was ten years ago. 



During the last year or two the demand 

 for many bulbs, especially tulips, has 

 been marvelous, for in addition to the 

 export trade large stocks have been re- 

 quired to plant up all the new land 

 which has been developed, and thus the 

 grower has been in clover, while the ex- 

 porter has had to supply bulbs at prices, 

 fixed in his catalogue, which, when he 

 had to purchase supplementary stocks, 

 left him with no margin of profit, or 

 with an actual loss. However brilliant 

 this business may have been, our Hol- 

 land friends have a wide open eye to the 

 future, and the growers begin to ask 

 themselves -how will things be when the 

 home demand drops off? They also 

 realize that at any rate in England the 

 demand for hyacinths for forcing in pots 

 is not a growing, but rather a diminish- 

 ing one, while year by year amateurs 

 demand bulbs at lower prices for this 

 culture. 



Tt was possibly with those thoughts 



in mind, says a writer in the Horticul- 

 tural Advertiser, that the Society of 

 Dutch Bulb Growers gave this year at 

 Sassenheim the first annual exhibition 

 outdoors, the idea being to demonstrate 

 the value of these buft»* for bedding 

 purposes, and the manner in which they 

 should be planted to obtain the best 

 effect. 



The main point to be noted was the 

 way iu which the bulbs were planted, 

 which is, roughly speaking, about twice 

 as thickly as one is accustomed to see 

 them. In the case of hyacinths, young 

 bulbs are used, and they nearly touched 

 each other, while the blooms completely 

 covered the beds, producing a grand 

 effect. Some idea of the planting may 

 be gained from the fact that circular 

 beds ten feet in diameter contain 500 

 bulbs of hyacinths or 900 tulips, while 

 the largest bed, which has a diameter of 

 thirty-three feet, contained 10,000 

 hyacinths. 



Tulips were planted in similar fashion, 

 and also daffodils, one of the finest beds 

 in the show being a crescent-shaped bed 

 of Bicolor Victoria, which was worth a 

 journey to see. 



The arrangement of colors in the beds 

 was very pleasing. One bed of Roi des 

 Beiges, with a border of King of the 

 Yellows, was especially effective; other 

 good beds were Rose Jl Merveille, a good 

 blush hyacinth ; Prince de Ligne, a very 

 early yellow tulip. La Eemarquable and 

 Red Pottebakker tulips. With these 

 exceptions, the bulk of the bulbs were old 

 and well-known varieties. 



SEED TRADE STATISTICS. 



Frederic J. Haskin has been collect- 

 ing data on the extent of the seed trade 

 and sets forth some «if his findings as 

 follows : 



Twenty-five years agn li.v far the larg- 



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