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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Januaht 2, 1908. 



The privilege of mailing catalogues in 

 bulk, without affixing stamps, will be 

 taken advantage of by seedsmen more 

 generally this season than in the past. 



The Washington correspondent of the 

 Chicago Tribune says that there is abso- 

 lutely no chance for a parcels post bill 

 to get through at this session of Con- 

 gress. 



James Vick's Sons, Eochester, have 

 two new asters for 1908, a quilled va- 

 riety called Imperial Sunrise and an 

 early strain of their well-known Vick's 

 Late Branching. 



A British writer has counted up the 

 sweet pea novelties for 1908 and finds 

 that not less than four dozen so-called 

 new sorts are to be introduced. Only 

 three are from America. 



Montgomery Waed & Co., Chicago, 

 ' will this season change the form of their 

 seed catalogue, using a page rather 

 larger than the standard size, instead of 

 long and narrow, as in the first two edi- 

 tions. 



The U. S, Department of Agriculture 

 has recently issued Farmers' Bulletin 

 No. 313, "Harvesting and Storing 

 Corn," by C. P. Hartley, physiologist in 

 charge of corn investigations, which will 

 be of interest to seedsmen. 



The Burpee's Farm Annual for 1908 

 lists Prizetaker, Yellow Globe Danvers 

 and Bed Globe onions at $2.50 per 

 pound; Southport Yellow Globe at $2.75 

 and White Globe at $4.50; Evergreen 

 sweet corn at $1.75 per peck; Country 

 Gentleman, $2.25. 



John Clark and his family were suf- 

 focated in a fire at Watertown, Mass., 

 December 26. Mr. Clark was a salesman 

 for the H. E. Fiske Co., Boston, and had 

 previously worked for Peter Henderson 

 & Co., Joseph Brack & Son, T. J. Grey & 

 Co. and W. W. Eawson & Co. An ac- 

 count of the tragedy appears in the obit- 

 uary column this week. 



IMPORTS. 



The imports of seed through the port 



of New York for the week ending Dec. 



21 were as follows: 



Kind. Pkgs. Val. Kind. Pkgs. Val. 



Anls« 60 I G80 Poppy .. .1,584 $16,S38 



Caraway .. 8 48 Rape .... 22 49 



Castor 1,400 4,850 Sugar b't. 650 4,606 



OlOTer 813 8,125 Other 8,477 



Grass 616 11,876 



In the same period the imports of 

 bulbs, trees and plants were valued at 

 $13,716. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Mrs. Julia Marugg, Pomona Floral 

 Nurseries, North Pomona, Cal., descrip- 

 tive catalogue of chrysanthemums and 

 carnations; W. Atlee Burpee & Co., 

 Philadelphia, Pa., "Burpee's Farm An- 

 • nual, the Plain Truth about the Best 

 Seeds that Grow; " Henry F. Michell Co., 

 Philadelphia, Pa., seeds, bulbs, plants 

 and supplies for florists and market 

 gardeners; William Bull & Sons, Chel- 

 sea, London, England, flower and vege- 

 table seeds, bulbs and, horticultural sup- 

 plies; John Peed & Son, West Norwood, 

 London, England, flower and vegetable 

 seeds, bulbs, nursery stock and florists' 

 supplies; W. E. Marshall & Co., New 

 York, N. Y., flower, vegetable and farm 

 seeds, nursery stock and supplies; James 

 Vick's Sons, Rochester, N. Y., "Vick's 

 Garden and Floral Guide ; ' ' Iowa Seed 

 Co., Des Moines, la., thirty-eighth an- 



INVITaXIONI 



As I am anxious to lutve my 



Danish Cauliflower Seed 



s 



carefully tried in U. S., I herewith invite all who are interested in this to 

 write for samples. The trials should be made during three years, and I will 

 each year mail you samples of my best strains for this purpose. In return 

 for which I ask for reports after each year's trial. 



R. WIBOLTT, Nakskov, Denmark 



Mention The Rerlew when yon write. 



TO THM TBADX 



HENRY METTE/Qoedlmborg, Germany 



^^^^^^^^^^ (ESTABLISHXD IN 1787.) 



Grower and Ezportsr os tks Tory largoot teslo of all 



CHOICE VEGETABLE, FLOWER and EARM SEEDS 



Bpaelaltlasi Baans, Beets, Oabbagres, Carrots, Kobl-Rabl, Leeka, Lettucei, Onions* 



Paas, Radlsbas, Spinach, Tarnips, Swedes, Astars, Balsams, BeKonlas, Oamatlona, 

 dnerariaB, Gloxinias, Larkspurs. Nasturtlams, Panslas, Petunias, Phlox, Prlmnlai. 

 Scabious, Stooka. Verbenas, Zinnias, etc. Oataloffue free on application. 



HUTRT KBTTX'S TBIUMFH OF THK GIAHT PAH8ISS (mixed), the moil 

 perfect and most beaatifol in the world, $6.00 per oz.; $1.60 per ^-oi.; 76o per l-18-oi. 

 Poitare paid. Cash with order. 



All seeds offered are grown under my personal supervision on my own cronnds of 

 mora thmn S,000 aoras, and are warranted tme to name, of stroncest rrowth, flneal 

 stocks and best qaality. I also crow larcaly saads on contract. 



Mention Ttie Berlew when yon write. 



Wholesale Import Only 



Ardlsia Crennlatat Kentiaa, Aranoarlas, 

 Bay Trees, Vloas, I>raea«nas, and all Beirlum 

 ^own plants for sprtnc and fall delivery. 



Lily of tbe Valley from cold storare in New 

 York for Immediate Hhlpment. 



French Fruit and Ornamental Stocks— I 

 can BtlU book orders for all the leading varieties 

 for winter or sprlnir shipment. 



EnKlisb arrown Manettl, Pines, Spmces, 

 Btc, carefully selected and packed. 



Holland Roses, Rhododendrons, Coni- 

 fers, Box Trees, Clematis, Ktc, of best 

 Quality. 



Japanese Llllam Aoratnm. Albnm, Ba- 

 brnm, Btc, from cold storage in New York. 



Baffin Raffia Baffia 



For catalogues, prices and further Information 



please apply to 



H. FRANK DARROW, 

 P. 0. Box 1250, 26 Barclay St., N«w Yorh 



Mention Tne Review when yon write. 



nual general catalogue; Sluis & Groot, 

 Enkhuizen, Holland, general wholesale 

 price list of seeds. 



A BUSHEL OF CORN. 



The laws of the majority of states 

 recognize seventy pounds of ears as a 

 bushel of corn. Some few states specify 

 that previous to January a bushel of 

 ears shall weigh seventy-two pounds. 

 Almost without exception the state laws 

 specify that fifty-six pounds of shelled 

 corn shall constitute a legal bushel. Un- 

 less the strain of corn has exceedingly 

 large cobs and short kernels the legal 

 bushel of seventy pounds of ears will 

 yield when shelled fifty-six pounds of 

 grain, or the legal bushel of shelled 

 corn. A struck bushel of kernels of dif- 

 ferent strains of corn will vary in 

 weight from fifty to sixty-four pounds. 



STORAGE COMPANY MUST PAY. 



Julius Boehrs Co., Eutherford, N. J., 

 will celebrate the present holiday season 

 with a check for over $5,000 recovered 

 through its attorneys, Hatch & Clute, of 

 100;, Broadway, New York, in a suit 

 which involved points of great import- 

 ance to florists and cold storage men. 



T 



he Royal Tottenham 

 Nurseries, Ltd* 



Kstabllahed la 187t 



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



Dedemsvaart, Holland 



Headqaarters for Hardy Perannials, amonff 

 which are the latest and choicest. 13 acres 

 devoted to growing this line including Anemone, 

 Aster. Campanula. D' Iphinium. Funkias, Hem- 

 erocallis. Hepatlca, lucarvillea, Iris, Peonies, 

 Phlox decussata and BufTruticosa. Primula, 

 Pyrethrum. Tritoma, Hardy Heath, Hardy 

 Ferns. Also 5 acres In Daffodils, 12 acres of 

 Oonlfers; specially young choice varieties to be 

 grown on; 8 acres Rhododendrons, including the 

 best American and Alpme varieties; 2 acres 

 Hydrangeas. We malce it a point to now all tbe 

 latest novelties in these lines. Ask for Oatalog. 

 Mention The Review when yog write. 



Lily of the Valley 



MANN'S EXCELSIOR 



Are the finest In existence and their flowers 

 brlnr the best prices in the London market. 

 For quotation please apply to 



OTTO MANN, Leipzig, Saxony, Germany 



Mention The Review when yon write. 

 LABOXST STOCK OF AIX 



BELGIAN PLANTS! 



Asalean, Araucariaa, Sweet Bays, 

 Palmn, Beg^niaa, Gloxinias, etc. 



LOUIS VAN HOUTTE PERE 



GHENT, Belflrium. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



The decision in favor of the Eoehrs 

 Co. has just been unanimously aflBrmed 

 on appeal by the Appellate Division of 

 the Supreme Court of New York, and 

 the substantial sum turned over by the 

 storage bouse to make good the loss 

 caused by the sprouting of the pips. 



It appears, from the record on the ap- 

 peal in the case, that in the winter of 

 1903-04, the Eoehrs Co. received about 

 a million lily of the valley pips from 



