32 



The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



liAY 14, 1908. 



mean of the averages so reported in the 

 last ten years. 



Of spring planting 54.7 per cent is re- 

 ported as having been completed May 1, 

 as compared with 47 per cent May 1, 

 1907, and 52.6 per cent May 1, 1906. 



IMPORTS. 



^ The imports of seed through the port 

 of New York for the week ending May 

 2 were as follows: 



Kind. Pkgs. Val. Kind, 



^nnatto 



Pkgs. Val. 

 . . 12 I 170 Fenugreek . . 195 | 771 



Anl8e 13 193 Mustard 100 895 



Caraway ...100- 966 Grass 70 656 



Cardamom... 6 114 Poppy 50 353 



Celery 22 2S8 Hape 23 



Clover 413 9,937 Sugar beet.. 1 6 



Coriander ..200 552 Other 1,037 



In the same period the ^ imports of 



bulbs, trees and plants were valued at 



$18,459. 



NEV NAMES. 



If wholesale seed dealers wish to add 

 to their mailing lists, here are the names 

 of parties who are handling seeds locally, 

 usually in connection with another line 

 of business: 

 Cully Bros., Kewanee, 111. 

 Union Co., Rockland, Mass. 

 Sherman, H. A., North Adams, Mass. 

 Young & McCombs, Kock Island, 111. 

 Payne, Henry P., Portsmouth, N. H. 

 Utah Feed & Produce Co., Ogden, Utah. 

 McKay Seed Store, Jackson, Miss. 

 Reid & Sorlle, Grand Forks, N. D. 

 Yopp, M. .1., Seed Co., Paducah, Ky. 

 Scarborough, W. W., Co., Knoxvllle, Tenn. 

 Noah's Ark, Boulder, Colo. 

 Klelh, G. F., Dubuque, la. 

 HaUett, E. M., Nevada City, Cal. 

 Semple, H. B., & Sons, Louisville, Ky. 

 Robertson & Menzies, Danbury, Conn. 

 Dedrick Bros., Janesvllle, Wis. 

 Hnnter Mercantile Co., Farmington, N. M. 



RUFFLED GLADIOLL 



The variation of crimped petals has 

 recently been referred to by several grow- 

 ers, but such a reasonable outcome of 

 cross-breeding is hardly entitled to the 

 extravag.tnt and wordy comment to which 

 the subject has been treated. The first 

 variation might have been considered 

 * ' an event, ' ' but, as crimped petals are 

 by no means new, numerous appear- 

 ances on two continents, covering a 

 quarter of a century, can hardly receive 

 such a title with propriety. 



The peculiarity is not new, in my ex- 

 perience, either with my own or for- 

 eign hybrids, and the variation, while 

 a pleasing addition, by no means carries 

 a variety above more important con- 

 siderations of form and color. 



The causes of this (and all) variation 

 are simply heredity and environment. 

 They are not sports, but the product 

 of seed, from which every possible va- 

 riation is to be expected, and the more 

 elaborate and complex the parentage, the 

 greater the ratio of surprises in form and 

 color. 



Some ten years ago I reported a case 

 of true sporting or bud variation after 

 apparent fixity. A beautiful scarlet 

 ground color gave place in two seasons 

 to cerise in one plant, and the new va- 

 riety became an equally distinct type, 

 after the original had multiplied to 

 thousands. 



The first season the new color cover- 

 ed the upper half of each flower on the 

 spike, dividing equally at the mid-rib 

 of the large lateral petals. The sec- 

 ond season the whole flower assumed 

 the new ground color and became a fixed 

 type, all other markings, however, re- 

 maining unchanged. 



Extremely intensive cultivation on the 

 part of commercial growers should be 

 practiced with care, to prevent disap- 



Tuberoses li 



Excelsior Dwarf Pearl 



8x4 lO.flO perlOO; $6.00 per 1000 



4x6 l.OOperlOO: S.OOperlOOO 



^0 Satchf StTe/^^ 



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CUTWORMS 



Com, Grain, Potatoes, Roots, 

 Cotton, Vegetables and Flowers 

 suffer enormous damage from 

 Cutworms, Eelworms, Ants, Slu^ 

 and all kinds of Bugs in the soil. 

 Maybe you don't see them, but 

 you pay for them— quit doing so 

 and use Vaporite. 



Vaporite is the new, marvelous 

 English product— a non-poisonous 

 powder. Just sprinkle it onto the 

 soil and plow or dig in as directed 

 before planting or sowing. It acts 

 quickly — the insects are destroyed 

 in a few days, so that your ground 

 is free and fertile. 



Vaporite is revolutionizing many 

 branches of Agriculture. 



VAPORITE 



(Rec) 



100 lb*.. M.OO; 2000 lbs., $05.00 



F. O. B., New York City or Pkilsdelphia 



Anyway, drop us a postcard (2c stamp) 

 and we will send you our illustrated book 

 No. 4 It is a finely gotten-up, tactful lit- 

 tle Booklet. 



It tells you briefly and simply all about 

 Vaporite and shows the remarkable extra 

 proflts made by practical (frowers who 

 use Vaporite. It Rives reports from all 

 over the world. Write us today (gettinK 

 reply in about two weeks). 



i CTDAU/Cnil'Q 7 1«Q<>««" Victoria St. 

 ^ O I nMlf OUH Of LONDON, Exq. 



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If yon want a really LI 1 1 C||D AAMQ 

 successful crop of ITI U OIIIIUvItIO 



USB ONLY 



JOHNSON'S IMPROVED 

 MUSHROOM SPAWN 



Correspondence invited for over-sea orders. 



Prices and particulars on application. Note the 

 address, 



JOHNSON'S, Ltd. 



44 Bedford Row. W. C, LONDON, ENO. 



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SWEET PEAS 



Price list of my Winter Flowering Sweet Peas 

 will be out in June. If you have not grown them, 

 send for It. To my old customers, will be mailed 

 without asking. New crop of seed will be ready 

 in August next. 



ANT. C. ZVOUNEK, Bound Brook, N. J. 



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pointment to those ultimatd growers who 

 are not equally skilled. Corms developed 

 under too highly artificial conditions sus- 

 tain a more severe adverse shock, when 

 subject to changes of soil and climate, 

 than do those developed under more 

 normal conditions. 



The term * ' hybrid ' ' is understood to 

 be used in its broadest sense, and when 

 applied to a race or strain of the most 

 distant removal from the species, and 

 containing the most elaborate combiua- 



ASPARAGUS 



Phimosus Nanus 



True greenhouse grown seed, 100 seeds, 

 60c: 250 seeds. $1.20; 1000 seeds, $1.00; 5000 

 seeds, $18.00; 10,000 seeds, $85.00. 



▲■poragua Spransrerl, 250 seeds, 25c; 

 1000 seeds, 75c; 5000 seeds, $3.00. 



Dracaena Indlvlsa (seeds), 1 oz., 

 30c; ^4 lb., $1.00. 



Pandanus Uttlla Seed, $1.00 per 100: 

 $8.00 per 1000. 



Catalog^uea Free 



ARTHUR T. B0DDIN6T0N 



SEEDSMAN 



342 W. 14th St., NEW YORK CITY 



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CLEARING OFFER 



BEGONIAS and GLOXINIAS 



Large, plnmp bnlbs from a prlie itrain. 



Doz. 100 1000 



Single, mixed $0.3^ $1.60 $15.00 



Single, separate colors 25 1.75 16.00 



Double, mixed 50 2..')0 24.00 



Double, separate colors CO 2.75 25.00 



GIAMT GLOXINIAS 



Doz. 100 1000 



Choice.mixed $0.50 $250 $20.00 



Separate colors 60 2.75 23.t0 



JOHNSON SEED CO. 



217 Market St., PHILADELPHU, PA. 



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RELIABLE SEEDS 



■Sow Nowi 



Tr. 

 Pitt. 

 Primula Oboonlca Grandi- 

 flora, new hybrids, as: bluei 

 blood red, carmine, 

 pink, purple, violet, 

 pure ^^talte, oompaota. 

 BlBantea, frlngred mixed 

 Hybrlda, each separate — 50c 

 For other Seeds ask for my 

 price list. 

 O. V ZANGEN 

 Seedsman, HOBOKXN, 



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GLADIOLI 



I can still supply color sections, mixtures and 

 named Icinds. Good stock. See display ads. in 

 issues of April 16, 28 and 30. 



E. E. STEWART, «'«s„li«™H. 



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 writing advertisers. 



