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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Sbftbubbb 24, 1908. 



BURNETT BROS. 



72 Cortlandt Street 

 NEW YORK CI1Y 



Telepbone 222S Cortlandt 



^SSl" "o1 Seeds^ Bulbs, Plants and Everyrfiing Seasonable for the Garden 



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 SPLENDID STOCK FOR FALL. PLANTING. Remember the address, 72 Cortlandt Street. BURNETT BROS. 



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Seed Trade News. 



AHBBICAN 8BBD TBADE A880GIATI0H. 



Pres., Watson S. Woodruff, Orangre, Conn.; 

 >. First Vice-pres., J. C. Robinson, Waterloo, Neb.; 

 Sec'y and Treas., C.<£. Kendel, Cleveland. 



The firm of Moore & Simon, Philadel- 

 phia, has been dissolved, J. M. Simon 

 selling his interest to C. W. Moore. 



It is stated that grandchildren will con- 

 test the will of the late W. W. Eawson, 

 Boston, who left an estate of about half 

 a million. 



James Vick's Sons, Rochester, had 

 an attractive exhibit at the New York 

 State Fair at Syracuse last week, in 

 charge of Chas. H. Vick. 



A NARROW petaled white aster named 

 Unicum, exhibited by Watkins & Simp- 

 son, London, has attracted much favor- 

 able attention at the English exhibitions 

 this month. 



On the boat from Marseilles that ar- 

 rived at New York September 16 R. M. 

 Ward & Co. had 350 cases of French 

 bulbs and Schulz & Ruckgaber sixty- 

 eight cases. 



I VERY much enjoy reading the Re- 

 view and I do not believe there is a 

 paragraph from one end to the other 

 that I ever miss. — Henry Field, of the 

 Field. Seed Co., Shenandoah, la. 



Francis Brill estimates the number 

 of acres on Long Island devoted to grow- 

 ing cabbages for seed as 150 or more. 

 This year some crops are short, a few 

 flat failures, but mainly there is a fairly 

 good yield and good samples. 



Arthur T. Boddixgton, New York, has 

 secured two floors, each 50x100, at 337 

 and 339 "West Thirteenth street, directly 

 in the rear of his store and oflBce at 342 

 West Fourteenth street. The new»space 

 is to be used for warehousing bulbs and 

 heavy seeds. 



The Henry Field Seed Co., of Shen- 

 andoah, la., at its recent annual meet- 

 ing, declared a dividend of eight per 

 cent and reelected all the old officers 

 for the ensuing year. The report of the 

 year 's , business showed a prosperous 

 year, with large sales and good profits. 

 The firm expects a much larger busi- 

 ness next year, as the increase this year 

 over last was about fifty-eight per cent, 

 and a still larger increase is looked for 

 next year. 



D. H. Gilbert, Monticello, Fla., says 

 that "nearly all the early plantings of 

 watermelon for seed have turned out 

 about an average crop, but as usual the 

 late plantings are very short and in some 

 instances are entire failures. As a whole 

 I think I could conservatively estimate 

 the crop at about eighty-five per cent of 

 an average yield. Most of the seeds are 

 in the warehouse and, owing to the dry 

 weather during the harvest season, the 

 quality is excellent. ' ' 



The long continued dry weather is af- 

 fecting the fall trade in grass seeds. 



There were two cases of lily bulbs 

 for L. D. Grossman & Co. on the boat 

 from Bermuda September 19. 



Wood, Stubbs & Co., Louisville, say 

 they think the crop of onion sets is about 

 fifteen per cent less than last year. 



If seed crops turn out as short as 

 now seems certain, prices will be based 

 largely on "what the traffic will bear." 



The Covington Seed Co., Covington, 

 Ky,, now has one of the most up-to- 

 date greenhouse plants in the vicinity of 

 Cincinnati and does a good business in 

 that department. 



An English firm evidently wants to 

 be rid of a surplus of Harrisii; it adver- 

 tises the 7 to 9 bulbs at 35 shillings 

 ($8.40) per hundred, "instant delivery," 

 which should be quick enough to suit the 

 most exacting. 



* ' The only crops we are interested 

 in," say Bromfield & Colvin, Bay City, 

 Mich., "are peas and beans. The pea 

 crop this year, as everyone knows by this 

 time, is turning out very poor, on account 

 of the very wet spring and then the con- 

 tinued dry weather this summer. ' ' 



GusTAv - Schott, Aschaffenburg, Ba- 

 varia, says that of Agrostis stolonifera 

 * ' a further reduction in the acreage has 

 taken place. The new crop has gone 

 through in bad condition and the quan- 

 tity saved will be less than last year. 

 Yearling stocks being sold out, higher 

 prices are looked for. Our home variety 

 (creeping bent) will only be a small 

 crop. ' ' 



W. Atlee Burpee & Go. announce 

 three new Spencer sweet peas for 1909, 

 named King Edward, Queen Victoria and 

 Mrs. Routzahn. These three, now offered 

 for the first time, have been grown care- 

 fully, and most rigidly rogued, and Bur- 

 pee & Co. predict that they will come at 

 least eighty to ninety per cent true. King 

 Edward is the nearest approach in color 

 to King Edward VII, in the waved or 

 Spencer type. Queen Victoria is almost 

 identical in color with that of the well- 

 known grandiflora Queen Victoria. Mrs. 

 Routzahn is a rich apricot color shaded 

 salmon pink. 



The figures as to the imports of Dutch 

 bulbs through the port of New York 

 reveal an interesting fact as to the pro- 

 portion of bulbs sold direct to planters 

 by the travelers from Hollandi and those 

 sold to the jobbing trade. Most of the 

 travelers who call on small buyers make 

 their New York headquarters with 

 Maltus & Ware and ship in their c^re. 

 Not all the bulbs handled by Malt»«! & 

 Ware go to small buyers, but most of 

 them do, and it will be noted that out of 

 7,606 cases on the last three boats this 

 firm of forwarding agents handled 4,754 

 cases. Of the 2,852 cases not handled by 

 them, probably enough went direct to 

 planters to fully offset any Maltus & 

 Ware had for the jobbers. 



Is it because the catalogue reproduc- 

 tions of color photography do not seem 

 likely to impress the public, without ex- 

 planation, that so much is said about the 

 new process by those who are using it 

 this season? Or are they simply trying 

 to get their money's worth! 



The Morris & Snow Seed Co., of Los 

 Angeles, Cal., recently incorporated, has 

 moved to new and larger quarters at 

 425 South Main street. The former 

 location was 555 South Main street. The 

 officers of the company are: President, 

 O. M. Morris; vice-president, B. F. 

 Reichard; secretary and treasurer, M. 

 C. Snow. Tne new and more favorable 

 location will give opportunity for en- 

 largement of stock and a much larger 

 business. 



LILIUM HARRISII. 



The Review presents herewith the first 

 figures to be published as to the number 

 of cases of* Harrisii bulbs of the several 

 sizes exported from Bermuda to the 

 United States in the last three years, to- 

 gether with the dates of shipment : 



L Harrlsll. 5-7 6-7 7-9 9-11 11-13 Total 

 1906— 



July 11 939 248 1,160 162 3 2,512 



July 25 367 32:J 434 52 4 1,180 



August 8 01 26 63 14 194 



Total 1,397 597 1,657 228 7 3,886 



1907— 



July 24 917 289 1,390 416 34 3,046 



August 7 70 100 695 177 23 1,164 



Total 996 479 2,085 593 5* 4,210 



July 8 368 205 652 47 2 1,274 



July 22 380 221 1,164 194 3 1,971 



August 5 40 .38 83 18 179 



August 10.... 13 10 16 .. 39 



Total 810 474 1,915 259 6 3,463 



The record shows the following cases 

 of L. longiflorum exported from Bermuda 

 to the United States: 



Year— 5 7 6-7 7-9 9-11 



1906 2 .. 3 



1907 U 75 . 8 



1908 11 . . 70 9 



Of amaryllis the following were the 



cases exported to the United States for 



the years mentioned: 



Year— 70 9-11 11-13 



1906 4.^ 28 



19Q7 24 31 



1908 54 55 2 



Of other bulbs the cases exported from 

 Bermuda to the United States in the last 

 three years were: 



Bulbs — 1906 1907 1908 



Froesla 5 6 14 



Roman Hyacinth 4 6 



Oxalis 3 10 11 



Black Callas 2 



Zepliyrantlius S 3 6 



THE PRICE OF SETS. 



Can you give me any information as 

 to th& probable future prices of onion 

 sets, particularly white sets! Is the set 

 crop, as a whole, better this year than 

 last, and how will the prices this year 

 compare with those of last yeart Any 

 information concerning the set crop and 

 prices expected will be thankfully re- 

 ceived. B. S. K. 



The onion set crop of this year is, on 

 the whole, not so large as last year. At 

 the present time the prices are twenty- 



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