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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



July 9, 1008. 



MUSHROOM SPAWN 



The VERY BEST that ENGLAND MAKES. The best is the cheapest. VIRGIN track used ONLY. 

 We want American buyers to send us a trial order. We are certain of shipping regular supplies after 

 you have seen crop. 



■STABLISHKO 25 TEARS. WRITE US TODAY. 



J. PITHER, LIMITED, " 



ushroom Growers and 



Spawn Manufacturers, 



UXBRIDGE, LONDON, ENGLAND 



Aznerioan srow^ers vlaitinB tills country are cordially Invited to Inspect our grounds. Tbe larsest In the country 



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Mushroom ^Ofl^Vn 0^09 Ibs. of Mushrooms gathered in 

 ,^^K^^^^,^^mi^^^mm^^mm^mmm^^m^^tm^^^^^^ 4 weoks froiQ tcst bed 8 of thjs year's 



Barter's Prolific 222^6. 



"^^^^■^^■■^^^■^^^^^^ If you want a crop like it, read 



••Falconer's'* book and get Barter's spawn. For price, state quantity to 



JOHN r. BARTER, Ltd. 



ee 



Wembley, England 



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plete absence of knowledge on the part 

 of the American dealers as to how the 

 business was conducted by exporters in 

 Teneriffe. These facts were the cause: 

 Even the most respectable firms over here 

 were unconsciously duped by the unscru- 

 pulous agriculturer, who, having in stock 

 a quantity of worthless and valueless 

 onion seeds, left over from the preceding 

 crop, willfully mixed it up with fresh 

 seeds, palming the whole stuff onto the 

 bona fide Teneriffe exporter as 'all quite 

 fresh and true to name.' There are few 

 seedsmen in America who in years past 

 have not had some trouble on this score. 



"The blame is partly due unawares 

 to American seedsmen, and partly to the 

 exporters on this side, who have not di- 

 rected the onion seed trade on a proper, 

 practical and sound businesslike basis. 



"The remedy is quite easy: First, 

 not to buy at random from large or 

 small agriculturers in this island, al- 

 ways more or less apt to mystify the 

 seeds; second, to insist, and always in- 

 sist, with seedsmen and dealers in the 

 United States to place their likely re- 

 quirements one year in advance. It is no 

 use buying Teneriffe Bermuda onion seeds 

 at the last moment. 



"Common sense will tell you that my 

 statements are sound in every respect, 

 and particularly so at a time when seeds- 

 men require full protection on foreign 

 seeds, now more than ever." 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Schlegel & Fottler Co., Boston, Mass., 

 bulbs, seeds and supplies; the Union 

 Nurseries, Oudenbosch, Holland, trees 

 and shrubs; S. Wilks Mfg. Co., Chicago, 

 111., Wilks water heaters and tanks ; John 

 Lewis Childs, Floral Park, N. Y., bulbs 

 and plants for fall planting. 



I AM much pleased with the Review 

 and like it the best of any paper for the 

 trade. — J. M. Hazlewood, Vancouver, 

 B.C. 



IMPORTS. 



The imports of seed through the port 



of New York for the week ending June 



27 were as follows: 



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



Anise 100 $1,144 Coriander 3| 53 



--- 693 Lycopodium ..20 1,574 



148 Mustard 20 1,328 



426 Other 1,399 



904 



Caraway ... 100 

 Cardamom . . 4 



Celery 30 



Clover 98 



In the same period the imports of 

 bulbs, trees and plants were valued at 

 $162. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market 



Among the retailers the business last 

 week was reported as fairly good, the 

 principal work being for funerals. Other 

 work for weddings, school commence- 

 ments, receptions and dinners has slack- 

 ened up greatly and for the next two 

 months the retailers will have to content 

 themselves with what funeral work 

 comes in. 



The weather has become hot and sum- 

 mer has set in for good and the help 

 around the stores can, one by one, take 

 vacations until the middle of August in 

 order to let the boss off for the S. A. F. 

 convention. The wholesalers also are 

 feeling the effects of the hot weather 

 and stock continues to be of poor qual- 

 ity. 



Roses of all kinds are soft and off 

 color. Beauties are holding up best in 

 the rose line. Carnations are becoming 

 scarce and the few that come in are 

 small, though the -demand has been quite 

 good for these. Sweet peas are look- 

 ing better, but are short in stem. Gladi- 

 oli are selling well, but all other out- 

 door flowers are in slow demand. All 

 greens are abundant. 



Variout Notes. 



Arthur Klag, late with Poehlmann 

 Bros. Co., Chicago, was a visitor last 



MUSHROOMS 



If yon want a really 

 Buccesslul crop of 



USE ONLY 



JOHNSON'S IMPROVED 

 MUSHROOM SPAWN 



Correspondence invited for over.sea orders. 

 Prices and particulars on appUcation. Kote the 

 address, 



JOHNSON'S, Ltd. 



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



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week. Mr. Klag reports he may remain 

 in St. Louis. 



August Eggert, of East St. Louis, El., 

 has gone on an extended trip to Europe. 

 He will visit Germany, his old home, also 

 France and England. 



A postal has been received from F. C. 

 Weber and party, mailed from Cali- 

 fornia, on which they say they are en- 

 joying the best of health and their trip. 



Miss M. Ostertag, oldest daughter of 

 Henry Ostertag, celebrated her eighteenth 

 birthday July 3 at the home of her 

 father, on Washington boulevard. The 

 house was beautifully decorated and Miss 

 Ostertag received her many friends under 

 a large arch of flowers. 



Albert Gumz, one of Angermueller's 

 right-hand men, is off for two weeks' 

 vacation. He says he will be on hand 

 for the ball game, July 15, at the 

 florists' picnic. 



During the celebration of the Fourth 

 a balloon fell on Charles Juengel's 

 greenhouses, causing $25 damage. 

 Promptness saved the destruction of the 

 plant. 



From present indications there will be 

 few from here to attend the S. A. F. 

 convention at Niagara Falls this year. 



Louis Gieger, formerly with Grimm & 

 Gorley and Mrs. M. M. Ayers in their 

 retail stores, after a year's layoff in 

 other business, is back again with Grimm 

 & Gorley as manager of their green- 

 houses on St. Louis avenue. 



Vincent Gorley, of Grimm & Gorley, 

 left last week for a trip to Europe with 

 the local Turners. Mr. Gorley before 



