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The Weekly Florists' Review* November 21, 1007 



for a medium crop, the quality of which 

 is most variable, as considerable por- 

 tions were got in during wet weather. 

 The germinating power has also suf- 

 fered. 



Festuca ovina angustif olia has turned 

 out badly everywhere, so that only small 

 quqintities will be offered, for which 

 collectors will demand high prices. In 

 Festuca pratensis, according to official 

 reports from America, the jirea of culti- 

 vation has been still further reduced, so 

 that the total crop will turn out much 

 lower than formerly. The prices, which 

 opened reasonably, have already expe- 

 rienced a noticeable rise, which may be 

 expected to advance yet. Festuca 

 elatior has a poor crop and is estimated 

 to produce about two-thirds of last 

 year's yield. Festuca heterophylla is 

 almost a failure, and, has only been har- 

 vested in quite insignificant quantities. 



Lolium perenne also shows poorly 

 against former yields. The unfavorable 

 weather prevented a normal develop- 

 ment, so that the grounds were behind- 

 hand and poor, the consequence being 

 that the weight is very low, and the 

 average will certainly not exceed twenty- 

 three to twenty-four pounds per bushel. 



Lolium Italicum also suffered in the 

 United Kingdom from unfavorable 

 weather, whereas France has a much 

 better crop of good quality. 

 •:,'-Pea^ pratensis is a moderate yield, and 

 yearling stocks are said to be available. 

 The market opened exceedingly high, and 

 the prices are fixed and controlled by a 

 syndicate. This seed was entirely sold 

 out in Europe last season. Poa nemo- 

 ralis is scarce, and high rates have to 

 be paid to collectors. Poa trivialis is 

 one-third less than' last year, and prices 

 consequently dearer. 



Medicago sativa was last season 

 cleared to the last seed, but prices 

 opened comparatively cheap on the pros- 

 pect of an average crop. A lively de- 

 mand for the first lots thrashed forced 

 the prices up to such a degree that to- 

 day's quotations are 10 shillings per 

 hundredweight higher than at the com- 

 ■jnencement of the season. Furthermore, 

 *the later arrivals suffered so much in 

 color from wet weather during the har- 

 vest that fine, high colored qualities are 

 rare, and it is impossible to foresee what 

 price fluctuations this article will yet 

 experience. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



R. Vincent, Jr., & Sons Co., White 

 Marsh, Md., select list of dahlias; W. 

 K. Nelson, Georgia Nursery, Augusta, 

 Ga., list of field-grown roses; "William 

 Learmont & Son, Larchfield Nurseries, 

 Dumfries, Scotland, nursery stock; E. 

 M. Pattington, Scipioville, N. Y., cata- 

 logue of Maple Grove Stock and Plant 

 Farm; B. G. Pratt Co., New York, N. Y., 

 circular on Scalecide; Henry Nungesser 

 & Co., New York, N. Y., grass and clover 

 seeds; W. W. Johnson & Son, Boston, 

 England, novelties and specialties in 

 flower mnd vegetable seeds; Watkins & 

 Simpson, London, England, list of nov- 

 elties for the seed trade, also general 

 list of flower seeds. 



The trade could not do without it. — 

 > F. W. MuRDOCK, Gardner, Mass. 



You can turn surpluses into cash by 

 offering them in the Classified Depart- 

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 stock is offered, the returns usually are 

 out of all proportion to the cost of the 

 advertisement. 



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