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The Weekly Florists' Review, 



y . "^p^: 



8arr£MBEB 5, 1907. 



pelled to give up business on account of 

 his health. He has now fully recovered. 



H. Fkank Darrow, New York, has re- 

 turned from his annual European trip. 



The cool weather has not hastened the 

 growth of the late varieties of sweet corn 

 for seed. 



Lester L. Morse is the delegate of the 

 American Seed Trade Association to the 

 National Irrigation Congress. 



The tomato packers are getting a bet- 

 ter crop and -pack than was anticipated, 

 but their market is still firm. 



The season is decidedly late, but the 

 prospect for a fair crop of tomato seeds 

 is better than before recent rains. 



^ The dealers who placed their orders in 

 France at too low prices, for Paper 

 Whites and Romans, have not secured full 

 deliveries. 



The supply of valley pips in cold stor- 

 age promises to equal the requirements 

 up to the date new crop stock Avill be 

 available. 



The U. S. Department of Agriculture 

 has issued a bulletin on the spring grain- 

 aphis, or so-called "green bug," by F. 

 M. Webster. 



-iDOLPH Kruhm, of Barteldes & Co., 

 Lawrence, Ivan., is inspecting vine seed 

 crops in western Kansas, Oklahoma and 

 eastern Colorado. 



Crenshaw Bros. Seed Co., Tampa, 

 Fla., does a considerable business in 

 flower pots, plant stands, etc., buying its 

 supplies in carload lots. 



Practically the last of the season's 

 crop of Harrisii reached New York on 

 the Bermudian August 23. The consign- 

 ment amounted to fifty-one cases. 



D. Lakdreth Seed Co. has a splendid 

 location at Bristol, Pa., on the banks of 

 the Delaware, and has had a good grow- 

 ing season, although the rainfall has 

 been light. 



TrtE canners report that on the whole 

 the pea pack will exceed that of last year, 

 but the advance orders take the entire 

 pack of standard grades and the demand 

 for 390S is assured. 



Ax investigation of the legal aspects 

 surrounding the non-fulfillment of orders 

 for French bulbs shows that a contract 

 in France is not binding unless the bulb 

 grower's wife is a party to the written 

 agreement. 



Retail seedsmen say that the high 

 quality, abundance, price and other fac- 

 tors which have effected so great an in- 

 crease in the canning of peas, have been 

 felt in a reduction in the retail sales of 

 peas for seed. 



The exports from Rotterdam, Holland, 

 to the United States during the year 

 1906, as reported by Consul-General Lis- 

 toe, include bulbs and flowers to the 

 amount of ^■i7r),209, plants $305,076, and 

 seeds $151,907. 



Secretary C. E. Kendel has published, 

 and mailed to members, the volume con- 

 taining the proceedings of the twenty- 

 fifth annual meeting of the American 

 Seed Trade Association, held at New 

 York June 25 to 27. 



It is reported that at least two New 

 York seed houses are seeking a way to 

 secure legal redress from a French 

 grower who failed to fill orders for Paper 

 Whites and Romans which had been 

 booked some time before. 



MICBELl'S FLOWER SEED SPECIALS 



MICHLLL'S GIANT CYCLAMEN 



Orown for ub by one of the leadlnir grrowers 

 In Europe and cannut be excel ed for size of 

 bloom and richness of coloring. 



lOO seeds 1000 seeds 



GlBanteain, White 76c t6 00 



Mnk 76c 6.00 



Red 75c 600 



White with f ye.. 76c 6.00 



Mixed 60c 6.00 



NEW BABY SMI LAX 



Of delicate and handsome appearance; the 

 Individual leaves are much smaller than the 

 regular Smllax. An graceful us the Maiden- 

 hair fern A rapid irrower and produces 

 many more shoots tlian the old variety. 



26 seeds, 10.76. 



60 seeds, 1.26. 



100 seeds, 2.25. 



^x:w CHOP 



260 seeds, 16.00. 



600 seeds, 9 50. 



lOuO seeds, 18.00. 



Our rail Price List of Bulba now ready 



HENRY F. MIGHELL CO., 1018 Markit St, 



Pa. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



BUY VIR6INIAN GROWN 



BULBS 



and support home Industries. We are the 

 largrest bulb grrowers In the south ai'd 

 can ^upnly your » very want. W have a 

 specially fine lot of KMFGROR, 

 KMPKI SS, SIR WATKIN, BARRI, 

 PRINrEPS, ORMATU8 and PHEAS- 

 ANT'S KYE, lb different sizes, to meet 

 any rfquinmems. Send for price list 

 and don't be afraid to ask questions. 



HUBERT BUI B CO. 



R. F. D. No. 2. PORTSMOUTH, VA. 



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Brldgeman's Seed Warehouse 



E«tablished 1884. BICKABD8 BBUH., Props. 



importers and srowers of biirb grade 



SEEDS, BULBS, PLANTS, ETC. 



87 Eatt 19th St., NEW VORK CITY 



Telephone 4286 Gramercy. 

 Mention The Review when yon write. 



Bermuda-Grown Lilium 



Harrisii and Free* ia Bulbs 



Purity Freesia Bulbs 



Xeady for delivery 



H. E FISKE SEED CO. 

 12 and 18 Faneuil Hall »q., Boston, Mau. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



The Springfield Seed Co., Springfield, 

 Mo., proposes to increase its capital 

 stock to $100,000, for the purpose of 

 building a large warehouse, equipped with 

 modern seed cleaning machinery. The 

 present quarters will be used for the re- 

 tail and local business, the carload busi- 

 ness being handled from the new ware- 

 house. 



W. W. Johnson & Son, Ltd., Boston, 

 England, are preparing to send out a re- 

 markably handsome long-pod bean to be 

 catalogued as Johnson's Perfect. The 

 pod sent is twelve inches long and con- 

 tains nine matured beans. Doubtless this 

 will make a magnificent exhibition vari- 

 ety and will be welcomed by gardeners 

 generally. 



Stumpp & Waltee Co., New York, has 

 taken the entire building and is remodel- 

 ing it for its use. A new front, with 

 two well arranged show windows, is being 

 put in. The acquisition of the entire 

 building will enable the firm to concen- 

 trate its operations under one roof, while 

 heretofore it has had to find storage 

 room outside. 



The board of general appraisers at 

 New York publishes the following reap- 



Originator's Ciirisiaas-fiowetiog 



Sweet Pea 

 Seed 



CHBISTHA8 PINK, FL<>BB1IICS DBNZBB. 



white, %-lb., 76c; Mb.. $2.00. 



MBS. E WILD, new carmine red, 2-oz. 

 pkt., 76c; ^-Ib., $1.50. Ken Crop Beady now. 



These three varieties bave done well 

 duriDK the winter montbs all over the world. 



Also six new CbristmaM- flowering varieties 

 in Bet^arate colors, includinir lave> der sal- 

 mon, silver-pink, blue purple, yellow and 

 vari'-Kated. Ask for price list. New crop 

 ready in September. 



ANT. C. ZVOLANEK 



Bound Brook, N. J. 



MeDtluD The Kevlew when you write. 



Best Quality Fall Bolbs 



It is to yotir advantage to olace your order 

 early. Send t» a list ot yotir wants and we 

 will quote you rock-bottom prices. Copy of 

 our Florists' Bulb Catalogtie will be sent 

 free upon request. Catalogues now ready. 



VICK'S SlPtRB 

 PANSY SEED 



All the best varieties in separate colors. 

 Vick's Superb MixturCt the best strain from 

 all fbe leaditig named sorts: yi oz^ 75ct 

 X oz.t $1.50; oz^ $5.00. 



JAMES VIGK'S SONS, 



ROCHESTER, 

 N. Y. 



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Dahlias 



Named ▼arieties. 

 Send (or list. 



DAVID HBRBBRT * BON 



Successors to L. K. Peacock. Inc. ATCX), M* J* 



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praisement: "From Martial Bremond, 

 OUioules, exported July 24, 1907; en- 

 tered at New York. File No. 46077. In- 

 voice No. 12527. Findings of Sharretts, 

 G. A. : Narcissus grandiflora, 14; entered 

 at 25, advanced to 27 francs per 1,000. 

 Cash discount, 5 per cen^. Cases and 

 packing included." 



