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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



July 30, 1908. 



Japan grower has not been long to see 

 that is the variety to grow, and has 

 quickly worked up larger stocks. 



Some of the retarders here have lately 

 been badly bitten by keeping the com- 

 mon eximium and multiflorum too long 

 in cold stores, with the result that heavy 

 losses have been made, in one or two 

 cases as much as $5,000 to $10,000. This 

 has taught them a lesson and there will 

 be few of anything in future but gigan- 

 teum kept in cold stores after June, 

 this appearing to be the latest time at 

 which the other types will successfully 

 bloom after retarding, while moderate 

 success can be had from giganteum if 

 kept in cold stores as late as November. 



London, July 13. J. B. 



IMPORTS. 



The imports of seed through the port 



of New York for the week ending July 



18 were as follows: 



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



Annatto ... 7$ 97 Grass 400 |1220 



Anise 75 878 Hemp 600 2088 



Caraway .. 100 1016 Lycopodium .840 2361 



Castor 8143 26709 Mustard 603 6944 



Celery 150 714 Rape 113 999 



Clover 321 9959 Other 6654 



Coriander . 100 261 



In the same period the imports of 

 bulbs, trees and plants were valued at 

 $6,886. 



HARRISn BULBS. 



The fortnightly boat from Bermuda, 

 arriving at New York July 24, had the 

 following lily bulbs: 



Consignee. Cases. 



Crossman, L. D., & Co 988 



EUlott, W., & Sons 67 



Henderson, Peter, & Co 68 



Maltus & Ware 21 



Morris, E. & A., Exp. Co 6 



Outerbridge, A. E., & Co 47 



Plerson, F. E., Co 64 



Vanghan's Seed Store 235 



Weeber & Don 12 



Wells, Fargo & Co 38 



To Order 605 



NEBRASKA SEED CROPS. 



J* C Robinson Seed C). 



W. J. Mack, of the J. C. Robinson 

 Seed Co., Waterloo, Neb., wrote July 25 : 



Our corn crops are coming along in 

 good shape, although original acreage 

 has been greatly reduced by high water 

 and continuous rains from the middle to 

 last of June. In some of the fields on 

 our low lands, that were severely flooded, 

 the ground has baked very hard, and a 

 light shower now would be beneficial. 

 Weather conditions the last two weeks 

 bave been very favorable, and if weather 

 conditions continue favorable the balance 

 of the season, and we have a late fall, 

 I believe we will raise two-thirds of a 

 normal crop in our vicinity. If the 

 weather should turn hot and dry during 

 August, I fear it will damage corn crops 

 materially, as the crops suffered severely 

 from 80 much wet weather early in the 

 season that they will not be in condition 

 to withstand a long dry spell. 



As to vine crops, it Is a problem, just 

 at present, what they will do. Crops of 

 all kinds are late; acreages have been 

 materially reduced by rain and floods. 

 The melon aphis is working muskmelon 

 crops quite hard, and is making its ap- 

 pearance within the last few days in 

 cucumber fields as well. Farmers have 

 been watching their fields, pulling up 

 and burning affected vines, but as this 



f)e8t works on the under side of the 

 eaves, it is almost a hopeless task to 

 fight them, especially on a crop of any 

 considerable acreage. As to the vine 



Hartmaon & Co. 



Copenhagen, 

 Denmark 



Our Mr. Hartmann is now on his 

 annual trip tiirougli the States 

 and Canada and invites corre- 

 spondence under the address, 



Hjalmar Hartmann & CO., 31 Barclay St., II.Y. 



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seed situation, in the opinion of the 

 writer, it is a question of awaiting re- 

 sults as to the work of the aphis for the 

 next three weeks, and general weather 

 conditions. 



Western Seed and Imgatlon G). 



Wm. Emerson, of the Western Seed 

 and Irrigation Co., wrote July 25: 



"We have had favorable growing con- 

 ditions for the last week or ten days, 

 and what crops remain standing have 

 been growing fast, and the growers are 

 getting them practically free from weeds, 



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although in most cases there are some 

 weeds standing in the rows. 



We have recently received some re- 

 ports of damage by hail to some of our 

 melon crops, and understand the aphis is 



