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EXPORTS OF DUTCH BULBS FROM 1897 TO 1907 IN KILOGRAMS/ 



Export of bulbs to— 1897 18»8 1889 1900 1901 1802 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 



Great Britain and Ireland 2,627,507 .1,973,149 3,312,365 3,984,186 4,91.''),458 4,399,121 4,353,758 4,296,283 4,617,100 4,784,600 6,341,000 



Germany and Austria 1,377,945 1,234,639 1,678,309 2,026,002 2,472,288 2.758,843 2,367,306 2,264,118 3,290,700 3,184,300 8,967,600^ 



United States 852,931 984,825 833,443 1,287,568 1,398.639 1,777,772 1,798,834 1,869,298 2,006,200 2,317.700 2,824,60a 



Baisla, Scandinavia and Den- 



"«ark 491,002 339,113 630,618 727.695 873,013 906,703 858,315 949,091 1,133.600 1,098.000 1,409,300 



France and other Roman coun- 

 tries 450,835 336,787 318,592 386,915 393,316 444,709 362.167 408,753 608,200 601,000 717,700 



Other parts of the world 1,578 3,382 6,947 6,116 4,336 16,811 38,060 21,250 6,900 13,600 17,200 



Total export 6,701,798 6,901,895 6,780,264 8,417,482 10,067,049 10,302,969 9,778,440 9,808,793 11.6M.700 11.800,000 16,277,400 



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the development of asters, phloxes and 

 other annuals usually raised in frames. 

 The close of the wholesale season 

 shows good sales have been made in let- 

 tuces, peas, celeries, savoys, chicory, egg 

 plants and endives, and a satisfactory 

 turnover has resulted in cabbages, kales, 

 Brussels sprouts, kohlrabi, capsicums, to- 

 matoes, leeks, parsnips and mangel wur- 

 zels. Moderate business only has been 

 done in spinach, parsley, carrots and tur- 

 nips, while the sales of onions, cucumbers 

 and beans, especially the latter, have 

 fallen below expectations. In cauliflow- 

 ers the Autumn Giant and Algiers vari- 

 eties have done well, but others only 

 moderately. Badishes have gone off all 

 right except the autumn and winter 

 kinds, which have rather hung fire. 



A SCARLET QNERARIA; 



^ At the recent Ghent centenary exhibi- 

 tion, one of the greatest ever held in 

 Europe, among the notable things was 

 Cineraria Scarlet Hybrid, exhibited by 

 Vilmorin, Andrieux & Co., Quai de la 

 Megisserie, Paris. This is of good flo- 

 rists ' form, and has fine heads of blooms, 

 but its great distinction lies in the fact 

 that the flowers are wholly of a rich, 

 deep scarlet color, a dazzling shade. 

 *'We have so long been used to white, 

 and blue, and purple, and dull crimson 

 shades in cinerarias," says the Garden- 

 ers' Magazine, London, in speaking of 

 this exhibit, "that we have regarded a 

 scarlet variety as something to be hoped 

 for, but scarcely obtainable. Vilmorin, 

 Andrieux & Co. have, so to speak, ac- 

 > complished the impossible, and when they 

 send out seeds of this brilliant variety in 

 1909 there is not the slightest doubt 

 that the demand will be at least equal 

 to the supply." 



THE WEEK IN SEEDS. 



Trade for the week in general is re- 

 ported good. Unfavorable weather still 

 has a tendency to shorten sales, but the 

 majority of the seedsmen, as well as cus- 

 tomers, seem to have gotten used to it 

 and things have assumed a more normal 

 aspect. In the vicinity of Chicago and 

 other central western sections, planting 

 has been greatly delayed and it is thought 

 that many acres of the standard market 

 gardeners' crops will not be planted. 

 Some of the onion set growers are likely 

 to have many acres less planted to this 

 crop than they intended to have. Louis- 

 ville reports the acreage planted to sets 

 as about as usual, with conditions at 

 present very unfavorable owing to the 

 extreme wet. At most of the onion set 

 growing points where the stand is well up 

 the weeds are growing about as fast as 

 the seedlings, and unless conditions 

 change many acres of sets will be so 

 overrun with weeds that they may have 

 to be plowed up. Corn planting every- 

 where is reported far behind and sweet 

 corn has not been cleaned up as closely 

 as it was expected to be by this date. 

 Things are quieting down with the cata- 



logue houses, and all seem fairly well con- 

 tent with the season's grist. Counter 

 trade continues fair, especially with 

 plants, etc., whenever the weather affords 

 any encouragement to planters. Too 

 much wet has been the greatest draw- 

 back during May. 



IMPORTS AND EXPORTS. 



Imports and exports of merchandise 

 for the month of April, and for the ten 

 months ended April 30, show the balance 

 of trade strongly in our favor and are 

 second only to good crops in insuring the 

 prosperity of the country. The figures 

 are as follows: 



April. 1908. 1907. 



Imports % 87,481,258$ 129,279,300 



Exports 133,470,333 157,454,631 



Excess exports... $ 45,989,075$ 28,175,331 

 Ten months ending April: 



Imports 

 Exports 



.11,018,345,740 $1,195,124,501 

 . 1,631,906,065 1,608,355,030 



Excess exports $ 613,560,325$ 413,230,529 



At Washington, May 16, E. H. Harri- 

 man, whose interests are probably as 

 large as those of any man in America, 

 said: "The basis of prosperity in every 

 country is the product of the soil, and 

 crops here could hardly be better. The 

 farmers are contented; they have no 

 mortgages to pay, their fences are built, 

 and their land is productive. Every- 

 thing depends on that. I see no reason 

 for any business depression. We are 

 all right." 



THE INSECTICIDES BILL. 



The bill now in congress providing for 

 the regulation of the manufacture, trans- 

 portation and sale of insecticides was 

 drawn at the instance of the committee 

 on proprietary insecticides of the Asso- 

 ciation of Economic Entomologists. It 

 is on the lines of the pure food and 

 drugs act, providing similar means for 

 administration and enforcement, with 

 both fine and imprisonment as penalties 

 for violation. 



The chairman of the committee states 

 that thte bill has been drawn to aid the 

 honest manufacturer and that it will do 

 much toward making the business more 

 stable and lead to a larger use of the 

 products. The sections which are of 

 chief interest to the users of insecticides 

 are as follows: 



"Sec. 7. That for the purpose of this 

 act an article shall be deemed adul- 

 terated — 



"In the case of Paris green: First, if 

 it does not contain at least fifty-five 

 percentum of arsenious oxide; second, 

 if it contains arsenic in water soluble 

 forms equivalent to more than three and 

 one-half percentum of arsenious oxide; 

 third, if any substance has been mixed 

 and packed with it so as to reduce or 

 lower or injuriously affect its quality or 

 strength. In the case of lead arsenate: 

 First, if it contains more than fifty per- 

 centum of water; second, if it contains 

 arsenic in water soluble forms equiva- 

 lent to more than one percentum of ar- 



senic oxide; third, if any substance ha» 

 been mixed and packed with it so as to 

 reduce or lower or injuriously affect ita 

 quality or strength. 



"In the case of fungicides or insecti- 

 cides, other than Paris green and lead 

 arsenate: First, if its strength or purity 

 fall below the professed standard or 

 quality under which it is sold; second, 

 if any substance has been substituted 

 wholly or in part for the article; third, 

 if any valuable constituent of the article 

 has been wholly or in part abstracted. 



"Sec. 9. That for the purposes of 

 this act an , article shall be deemed to 

 be misbranded — 



"In the case of fungicides, Paris 

 greens, lead arsenates, and insecticides 

 other than Paris greens: 



' ' First, if it be an imitation or offered 

 for sale under the name of another ar- 

 ticle; second, if it be labeled or 

 branded so as to deceive or mislead the 

 purchaser, or if the contents of the pack- 

 age as originally put up have been re- 

 moved in whole or in part and other 

 contents shall have been placed in such 

 package; third, if in package form, and 

 the contents are stated in terms of 



CUTWORMS 



Com, Grain, Potatoes, Roots, 

 Cotton, Vegetables and Flowers 

 suffer enormous damage from 

 Cutworms, Eelworme, Ants, Slugs 

 and all kinds of Bugs in the soil. 

 Maybe you don't see them, but 

 yon pay for them— quit doing so 

 and use Vaporite. 



Vaporite is the new, marvelous 

 English product— a non-poisonous 

 powder. Just eprinkle 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 

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