62 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



APBIt. 0, 1908. 



Reliable Seeds! Sow Now! 



Tr. fiTr 

 Pkt. Pkt 



Primula CWnensis, large- 

 floweretl. fringed; blood- 

 red, blue, pink, mauve, 

 white, each VOJyO $2.50 



Primula ohconica, laree- 



flowere 1, new hybrids, 



lilue, blood-red, carmine, 



pink, purple, violet, pure 



white; compacta, giiran- 



lea, fringed hybrids, 



mixed, each separate 50 2.50 



Primula, Buttercup, gr. fl. .25 1.25 



Rivina humillB 20 1.00 



8f-hizan4hos, new dwarf 



hybrids 30 1.50 



Smilax, New Maiden-Hair. ..50 2.50 

 Solannm, dwarf Xmas 



pepper 10 .50 



SolanumlSeaforthianum... .30 1..50 

 8to('k8, Cut and Come 



Again, white, pink, pur- 

 ple, crimson, each ... 50 2..50 



Stocks, Beauty of Nice, 



daybreak, carmine, lilac, 



white, each .50 2..50 



Torenia, The Nymph, new .25 1.25 



(Lobelia Hambiirsla, New) 



For Larger Quantities Asl( for My New Price Lisi^ 



O.Y. Zangen, Seedsman, Hoboken, N.J. 



Mention The EeTlew when yon write. 



his stock, or himself and family. They 

 have awoke to the fact that this coun- 

 try can grow all of their wants, and the 

 sugar or cotton that they may grow is 

 net profit.* This is one of the reasons 

 why we appreciate the increase in our 

 seed business. We -«-ant to state the 

 fact, however, that had it not been for 

 this money crisis which has affected New 

 Orleans in general and adjacent states, 

 as well as the east and north, and ham- 

 pered the business, it would have been 

 twenty-five per cent better than what 

 it is." 



MORE ABOUT^FORMOSA LILIES. 



As we are the original introducers of 

 the Formosa Lilium longiflorum, we think 

 it will be of interest to state some facts 

 about them, as there seems to be little 

 knowledge as to the origin of this com- 

 paratively new type. 



As the Lilium longiflorum business is 

 of the greatest importance for our con- 

 cern in Yokohama, Mr. IJhei Suzuki, the 

 founder and president of our company, 

 did not save either expense or trouble to 

 bring a lily on the market that could 

 compete in earliness with the Bermuda 

 Harrisii. New plantations were started 

 on different islands in the southern part 

 of Japan, with stock from our regular 

 plantations in the vicinity of Yokohama, 

 but they only resulted in entire failures 

 and big loss of money, because, although 

 the lilies produced good bulbs, they did 

 not give the de^red results when forced. 



Finally Mr. Suzuki discovered on one 

 island a wild growing lily of the longi- 

 florum type. He had the bulbs collected 

 and cultivated in the same way the culti- 

 vations are made on the mainland. They 

 proved to be a success, but we had to 



AZALEAS 



for fall delivery, the best 

 that_ are grown 



DAI lie forsprine of fall 

 .x.^. -.» ,.«„^ also rMLWlO delivery, furnlshedby 



AUGUST HAEDENS, Somergem, »eTi>o';''f 



ADDRBSS THE AMERICAN EKPRKSENTATIVKS 



AUGUST ROLKER & SONS, 81 Barclay St., or P. O. Box 7B8, New York 



Mention The ReTlew when yon write. ■ 



wait for the results of forcing them in 

 the States. Three years ago we received 

 the first six cases in miscellaneous sizes 

 of this stock and they turned out excel- 

 lently. The year after about sixty cases 

 were consigned to us and again gave such 

 satisfaction that we cabled to our Yoko- 

 hama house to plant as many as possible. 

 As a result we received over 300 cases 

 last year and expect over 2,000 cases the 

 coming season. , 



The Formosa lily flowers in the month 

 of February on its native island, or about 

 two months earlier, than the Bermuda 

 lily. The bulbs are thoroughly ripened 

 by the end of May, when shipments will 

 commence, which we count on reaching 

 Now York the end of July or the first part 

 of August. The long rest the bulbs have 

 until they can be potted will be decidedly 

 in their favor. The Formosa lilies should 

 not be forced as hard as Harrisii, other- 

 wise they grow too tall. 



Yokohama Nur.sery Co. 



IMPORTS. 



The imports of seed through the port 

 of New York for the week ending March 

 28 wore as follows: 



Kind. Pkjto. Val. Kind. Pkjts. Val. 



Annatto.. (! $ 118 MtiBtard 220 $2, 880 



Canary . .1.627 2..57.'5 Poppy 140 1,02."? 



Carawflv.. 200 l.T.-^S Raiie 10 40 



(lover ...1, 17.1 42.600 Other 2,223 



(Jrass 820 0,789 



In the same period the imports of 



Orchids, Cacti, 

 Bulbs 



ECHEVERIAS, 



RESURRECTION PLANTS, 

 JUMPING BEANS. 



Seed of COBAEA SCANDENS and 

 MINA LOBATA. 



J. A. Mcdowell, 



Apartado 167, CITY OF MEXICO. 



Mention The Rerlew when you write. 



bulbs, trees and plants were valued at 

 $37,596. 



THAT ONE WARRANTY. 



Congressman Mann, in his report on 

 the pure seed bill, says in part : 



"Nor is it safe in many cases for the 

 seller of seed to guarantee the character, 

 quality, or productiveness of the seed. 

 The test of seed often can not be made 

 until it has been planted and the crop 

 has been produced. This danger has led 

 seedsmen quite generally to adopt> in 

 various forms the substance of whatMg 

 known as the non-warranty clause of the 

 American Seed Trade Association, in- 



