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The Weekly Florists* Review, 



June 4, 1908. 



fuel, etc., have been getting up in prices 

 very much, too, so in time the growers 

 will be compelled to advance seed prices 

 all along. 



Before posting my letter I must just 

 mention that the day before yesterday 

 and yesterday (May 21 and 22) very 

 great damage was done in this district by 

 some most terrific storms; hurricane, 

 lightning and hail did great harm, not 

 only to the plants outdoors, but under 

 glass as well; mainly the Dreienbrunnen 

 locality was very roughly handled by 

 the tempest. W. H. 



IMPORTS. 



The imports of seed through the port 



of New York for the week ending May 



23 were as follows: 



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



Annatto ... 4| 40 FeiiURreek ..13.S$ 486 



Anise 100 1,4«7 (irass 4»i 769 



Castor G8;{ 2,44!) Hemp 100 383 



Celerv 25 36.5 Mustard l.W 1,578 



Clover 523 13,957 I'opp.v 100 619 



Cummin . . . 4r, 785 Other 2,872 



Kennel 24 299 



In the same period the imports of 



bulbs, trees and plants were valued at 



$5,342. 



AN ENGLISH' DUTCH-BULB SUIT. 



A claim was recently brought by W. N. 

 Alkemade & Co., of Nordwyk, Holland, 

 against J. S. Fisher, an English nursery- 

 man, for about $250, balance of $350, the 

 price of bulbs sold and delivered. The 

 defendant admitted that the bulbs were 

 ordered and delivered, but counter- 

 claimed $270 for damages through some 

 of the goods being rotten and unsalable, 

 and some of them not being true to name, 

 and damages for loss of trade through 

 the plaintiff delivering the bulbs in such 

 a condition. 



The defendant complained that the 

 bulbs delivered in September, 1906, were 

 not in a fit condition. They ordered 5,000 

 hyacinth bulbs of first quality, of which 

 the price would be $25 per thousand, but 

 instead hyacinths of second quality were 

 sent, which would be listed at $15. In 

 addition, 4,000 of them were rotten. A 

 thousand narcissi also were rotten, and 

 one consignment of iris bulbs was not 

 true to name. A more serious matter 

 was the loss in his business through cus- 

 tomers becoming disgusted with the 

 bulbs. When Mr. Alkemade came to col- 

 lect his accounts he said he was willing 

 to allow $40 for the useless bulbs, but 

 the defendant did not consider that sat- 

 isfactory. Evidence as to the condition 

 of the bulbs and the complaints made by 

 customers was given by defendant, his 

 son and others. 



Mr. Alkemade said his firm grew a 

 great quantity of bulbs, and the hya- 

 cinths sent to the defendant were from 

 their own grown stock. They had sup- 

 plied other people that year, and he did 

 not think more than three per cent of 

 the bulbs had been complained about. 

 All the bulbs were carefully examined be- 

 fore being sent over. He had no com- 

 plaint from the defendant until he came 

 over in the spring, and then the defend- 

 ant 's son was perfectly satisfied with the 

 reduction of $40 offered conditionally 

 upon the account being paid within eight 

 days. He admitted that top quality hya- 

 cinths were not sent. 



His Honor decided that the defendant 

 was entitled to a deduction of $90 off 

 the bill in consequence of the condition 

 of some of the bulbs, but in his view 

 damages for loss of custom were too re- 

 mote for recovery, but whether that was 



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so in law or not, there was no evidence 

 before him of loss of custom, and he 

 held, in fact, that no custom was lost. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Executor R. Campbell, Manchester, 

 England, circular on Campbell's Patent 

 Sulphur Vaporizer, Campbell 's Nico-soap, 

 Campbell's Nicotine Fumigating Rolls, 

 and other preparations ; De Graaff Bros., 

 Ltd., Leiden, Holland, bulbs and plants; 

 W. W. Rawson & Co., Boston, Mass., 

 circular on Climax Lawn Sand; W. At- 

 lee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia, Pa., 

 list of turnip, winter radish and spinach 

 seeds. 



VIOLETS. 



Foundation for Success. 



(Continued from page 9.) 



ally starts in the cutting bench, through 

 the use of sand containing organic mat- 

 ter. At first the trouble is confined 

 mainly to the young roots, but gradually 

 it works up to the stem. At first there 

 may be only a small black speck, not 

 larger than the point of a pin. This 

 minute speck contains the fungus, 

 however, and if this particular cutting 

 is placed in the bed, the fungus will con- 

 tinue to grow as the plant grows. No 

 evidence of the disease appears until 

 pretty well along in the summer, when 

 the plant becomes of considerable size 

 and the demand for moisture on the 

 roots is excessive. It will then be found 

 that the plant is wilting during the heat 

 of the day. Matters will go on in this 

 way for two or three weeks, until event- 

 ually the plant utterly collapses and dies. 

 I have seen houses in which from ten to 

 twenty per cent of the plants died off 

 in this manner. The disease may be in 

 large measure prevented by proper se- 

 lection of cuttings, rigid attention to 

 the propagating bench, and avoidance of 

 the planting out in the beds of any 

 plants which show signs of the trouble. 



Other Diseases. 



A disease sometimes found on violet 

 foliage when the plants have been im- 

 properly handled is known as Oedema 

 or wart disease. This is a dropsical-like 

 trouble that may be brought about by 

 overwatering and by too dense shading 

 of the plants. The tissues of the plant 

 become gorged with water, and the foods 

 not being properly assimilated, physio- 

 logical conditions arise which result in 

 the production of wart-like growths 

 wherever there is any break or puncture. 

 The bites of red spiders, the punctures 

 of aphides, or even the breaking of the 

 leaves through the handling of the plant, 

 results in the formation of large, wart- 

 like growths. Proper attention to light, 

 ventilation and watering will avoid all 

 these diflSculties. 



A disease common in violet houses at 



Cutworms 



Millipedes, Eelworms, Ante, 

 Beetles, Woodlice, Slugs, and 

 all kinds of bugs in the soil 



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certain seasons of the year is produced 

 by another fungus known as Botrytis. 

 This Botrytis induces a soft rot of the 

 foliage, and sometimes a whole crown 

 may be seriously injured. Overwatering, 

 excessive wetting of the foliage, drips 

 or leaks in the roof, improper cleaning 

 of the bed, and failure to remove all 

 dead or decaying foliage are apt to 

 bring on this trouble, especially in damp, 

 cool weather. 



Another malady similar to the fore- 

 going, but produced in a diflferent way, 

 manifests itself on the edges of the 

 leaves of the plants, which die 

 and turn white. This trouble may 

 be induced by a number of causes. Ex- 

 cessive use of fertilizers, excessive use of 

 cold water on the roots, improper venti- 

 lation of the soil, proximity of a cold 

 outside wall — all these things may check 

 the root development and in consequence 

 the edges of the foliage, not being prop- 

 erly nourished, will first wilt and then 

 eventually die. The injury has always 

 taken place a long time before it ordi- 

 narily becomes manifest. The state- 

 ments made regarding the causes suggest 



