August 13, 1908. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



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MllShrOOIH ^Ofl^Vn ^^QQ »>». of Mushrooms gathered in 



- — B_ 4 weeks from test beds of this year's 



make. 



If you want a crop like it, read 

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



Barter's Prolific 



JOHN r. BARTER, Ltd. 



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Wembley, England 



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BEST 



ONION SEEDS 



Bermuda Red, White and Crystal. 

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Onion Seeds. 



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rEDERICO C. VAREU 



TENERIFFE (Canary Islands). 



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IMPORTANT 



Novelties 



of our ralslnc of 



Pereoflials, Caroations 



DAHLIAS. CLEMATIS, etc. 

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 (Bhelncan) GKRMANT 



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tion in his seed-growing territory. He 

 writes as follows: 



"Eegarding the present condition of 

 crops in this vicinity, I would say that 

 we consider both the seed corn and vine 

 seed crops in a critical condition. At 

 the time of the seedsmen's convention 

 at Detroit we were of the opinion that 

 the rainy season waa at an end, as we 

 had had a series of storms and floods 

 throughout June and it seemed as though 

 they must, or should, end sometime. 

 But on June 28 and July 5 we had the 

 worst storms of the season, putting the 

 Elkhorn and Platte rivers out of their 

 banks and inundating much of the low 

 lands. 



"Since the heavy storm of July 5 we 

 have had no rain and the ground has 

 become very hard. Corn planted on 

 shallow soil is already firing and unless 

 we have good rains very soon all corn 

 will be cut short. 



"A large percentage of the late va- 

 rieties of sweet corn, which are grown 

 on bottom land, were drowned out and 

 considerable of the earlier varieties, 

 which were being grown on rolling land, 

 were washed out. Worms are working 



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— TO THE TRADE 



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