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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



NOVBMBEB 28, 1907. 



unfair methods that there is no longer 

 a fair living to be made in it, and ap- 

 peals to his confreres to take united 

 action for mutual defense. 



AZALEAS. 



The U. S. Board of General Appraisers 

 gave notice of the following reappraise- 

 ment November 21: 



Azaleas. — From Eugeue Vervaet, Swynaerde, 

 exported Sept. 20. 1907. Kntered at New York. 

 Mle No. 46692. Invoice No. 2704. Findings of 

 Somervllle. G. A.: Azaleas, 18 to 20 Inch; en- 

 i?.1. ?.* ^^' advanced to 300 francs per 100. 

 Ditto, 20 to 22 Inch, entered at 300, advanced to 

 400 francs per 100. Add cases and packing. 



IMPORTS. 



The imports of seeds through the port 

 of New York for the week ending No- 

 vember 23 were as follows: 



Kind. Pkgs. Vul, Kind. . I'kgs. Val. 



Annatto .. 3 $ 34 Cumiuin .. 298 $ 2,789 



Anise .... 79 758 Fennel ... r, S4 



Canary ... 1 3 F'greek .. 186 9.-i7 



Ca'way .. 210 1,518 Grass .... 22<) .-, 44S 



Car'mom . 22 1,014 Hemp .... .-,(i i.u 



Castor ...5,516 23,872 L'copodm. 1(. !»0i 



Clover . . . <>3 1,021 Millet .... .•502 .S75 



Corder .. 167 457 Mustard ..1,953 17.050 



^.ff^ ».••;• ^i^ ^'^ Poppy ...3,501 27.104 

 Sug. beet. 49 34 Other 6,171 



In the same period the imports of 



bulbs, trees and plants were vahied at 



$31,472. 



SEED WARRANTY. 



The Rural New-Yorker has been in- 

 teresting itself in the matter of the 

 seedsmen's non-warranty and recently 

 addressed the following inquiry to a 

 number of leading seed houses: 



One of our readers says he will pay $io a 

 pound for Prizetaker onion seed absolutely true 

 to name— which will not produce onions of 

 different shape or color from Prizetaker. Will 

 your house guarantee such seed? 



The replies are full of interest as 

 showing how such inquiries are handled 

 by those who meet them most frequently. 

 Thorburn & Co. cut it short, as follows: 



"We can supply seed of Prizetaker 

 onion, but we would not guarantee it, or 

 any other article, in fact, under any con- 

 sideration. Our stock comes from the 

 most reliable growers, and we believe it 

 to be pure, but we could not hold our- 

 selves responsible for the crop or for the 

 seed being true to name." 



Burpee & Co. talk as though they ex- 

 pect to make a sale, as follows: 



"At Fordhook Farms each season we 

 have the most complete trial grounds in 

 the United States. Wo know that our 

 seeds are as good and as pure as any on 

 the market, and in fact many times we 

 find them far superior to many strains 

 that are ordinarily supplied. There is so 

 much to be considered as to the purity of 

 a seed crop that we doubt very much if 

 there is a seedsman anywhere who would 

 guarantee new crop seed to be absolutely 

 pure. If your reader desired to purchase 

 seed of the Prizetaker onion that can be 

 guaranteed to be as true to name as it is 

 possible to get it, it would be far better 

 for him to purchase year-old seed from a 

 firm who annually test all the seed they 

 supply. At Fordhook we test samples for 

 purity from every sack of onion seed that 

 is received from our growers. Seeds of 

 all kinds, as you know, will vary very 

 much indeed in different seasons, but it 

 is reasonable to suppose that seed carried 

 over from a lot that had been proven in 

 the trial grounds will give the same re- 

 sults the next season, although it may be 

 a little deficient in vitality. Wo have so 

 much confidence in our seeds that they 

 have for years boon sold under a guaran- 

 tee which states plainly tlmt while we 



New Close-Clinging Hardy Climber 



AMPELOPSIS LOWII 



This beautiful novelty was obtained from seed raised from AmpelopsiB Veitchli. 



The older leaves in eummer are of a dark metallic green, brigbtenlDK to a fresb apple 

 green toward the extremities, and cbanging wltb the season to a warm tint in autumn. 



In size the leaves are Email, beautifully dentate, and the edges, being prettily crimped' 

 give a very pleasing efTect to the eye, when the plant is growing on a wall or rambling over 

 a pillar, column or an old tree stump. 



This charming novelty clings closely and, growing as it does, rapidly, speedily covers 

 although the individual growths are so ' lacey" in appearance. 



Hard plants for Autumn delivery, in pots $15.00 doz. 



Young plants for Spring delivery 7.50 doz. 



HUGH LOW & CO., BUSH HILL PARK, MIDDLESEX, EHG. 



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Rhododendrons 



HYBRID AND FONTIOUM MIXED 



My stock has not been nursed and coddled, but 

 is grown in an exposed part of the Derbybhire 

 Moois; the wood is consequently well matured 

 and the plants in the best possible condition for 

 removal abroad. S-year seedlings, 2-year 

 budded. $5 50 per 1000: SiO.OO per 10.000. 



Bushy ulants, frequently transplanted, 6 to 9 

 in.. $21.00; 9 lo 12 in.. $30.00 12 to 18 in., $44.00 

 per 1000. Many other sizes. List on appli>'ation. 



Carriage naid to Liverpool on oiders of $100.00 

 and upwards with cash. 



E. W. RICHARDS 



Nuraertea Bfatlook Bank, ■nsland 



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LARGKST STOCK OP AIX 



BELGIAN PLANTS! 



Asaleas, Araucariaa, Sweet Bayit 

 Palms, Begfonias, Gloxinias, etc. 



LOUIS VAN HOUTTE PERL 



GHENT, Belsrium. 



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cannot assume any responsibility for the 

 crop, yet we will at all times, if any of 

 our seeds prove unsatisfactory, replace 

 the seeds supplied or refund the purchase 

 price. Further than this we would not 

 {jiiarantoe. ' ' 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



C. C. Morse & Co., San Francisco, Cal., 

 bulbs, plants and seeds; Wickler Floral 

 Co., Grand Forks, N. D., circular on peo- 

 nies and general nursery stock; A, Hit- 

 ting, Santa Cruz, Cal., bulbs, plants and 

 seeds; E. J. Thomas, the Floral Gem 

 Nursery, Webster, Tex., list of roses, figs 

 and ornamental vines; Park Nursery Co., 

 Pasadena, Cal., nursery stock ; A. L. Ran- 

 dall Co., Chicago, HI., list of greens, 

 decorative materials and other Christmas 

 supplies; Ernst Rappe & Hecht, Berlin, 

 Germany, prepared palms and plants, ar- 

 tificial flowers, prepared cycas and all 

 sorts of palm leaves; Pape & Bergmann, 

 Quedlinburg, Germany, novelties in flower 

 and vegetable seeds. 



CATALOGUE COVERS. 



Now that the covers of the 1908 books 

 have been mostly determined, it may be 

 of interest to weigh the eff'ort by the 

 remarks on the subject made at the last 

 Seed Trade convention by J. Horace 

 MoFarland^ as follows : 



"Covers fall into two general divi- 

 sions, the first including that type of 

 cover which specifically oflCers something 

 to sell in addition to announcing the 

 business of the seedsman. The second 

 class includes the plain and decorative 

 covers not making any specific selling 



English Manetti Stocks 



Grown by John Palmer & Sod, Annan, Scot- 

 land, for Sorlsts and nurserymen. 



Rosea, Rhododendrons, Conifers, etc.— 

 Grown by H. M. Hardyzer, Boskoop, Holland, In 

 the leading varieties for the American trade. 



Blench Fralt and Ornamental Stocks- 

 Grown by EiOuls Leroy, Angers, France. These 

 stocks wlU be selected, graded and packed 

 with tlie utmost care. 



Begonia and Gloxinia Bnlbs- Grown by The 

 Haerens Co., SomerKem, Belgium, for the 

 American Seed Trade. 



Lily of the Valley Crowns— Grown by B. Neu- 

 bert, Wandsbek, Germany, In immense quanti- 

 ties, of the very finest brands, for early and 

 late forcing. Cold Storage Valley from stock 

 In New York. For prices, catalogues and other 

 Information, please apply to 



H. FRANK DARROW, Sole American Agent 



P. 0. Box 1250, 26 Barclay St , New York 



Mention The Re.'lew when yon write. 



No.34 



WIBOLTTS SNOWBALL 

 CAULIFLOWER-SEED 



is the earliest of 

 111 Snovballs. th(t| 

 , most compact, the 

 surest headrr, is 

 living the largest and snow* 

 vliitesi heads, and is the 

 be* ketper in dry-weather. 

 Oemand it through your 

 wcd-Timi or direct from 



R. WIBOLTT. lult$KOV. demumI 



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ofl"er, but intended to serve merely as 

 the protection implied in the name, 

 cover, or, if sufl5ciently dignified and 

 decorative, to stop the catalogue on the 

 way to the yawning waste-basket, which 

 is the seedman's Hades. 



"Much experience has made me shy 

 in relation to having any definite opin- 

 ions as to the selling power of any par- 

 ticular form of cover. This same expe- 

 rience has convinced me that there is a 

 tendency for better covers; that is, those 

 truer to life and free from the garish 

 characteristics of the German school of 

 lithography. Yet candor compels me to 

 also state that I have seen an apparently 

 beautiful and accurate cover fall down 

 utterly in pulling business, and an ex- 

 tremely plain and simple cover produce 

 satisfactory results. 



' ' The selling covers have been usually 

 colored, and sometimes gaudily colored; 

 yet a number of extremely satisfactory 

 covers are in monotone. Speaking cau- 

 tiously and with an attempt to consider 

 tiie whole country and not the east mere- 

 ly, I feel that a well-considered colored 

 cover made by some one of the processes 

 which give truthfulness in form as well 

 as in color, is likely to be satisfactory 

 and profitable. That it is hard to devise 

 and secure such covers no man before 

 me needs to be told. 



"I think that, after all, the question 

 of covers simmers down c-loselv to the 



