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The Weekly FIorists^Review♦ 



October 8, 1908. 



and August at better prices than I got 

 last year for just as good spikes. AH 

 this when you hear the cry of hard times 

 so^ much. I had a few thousand bulbs 

 in' my garden, which is upland, and al- 

 though I watered and cultivated them 

 many times I was not able to cut a good 

 spike after July 20, and the bulbs are 

 not nearly so large as those in the low 

 ground. P. O. Coblentz. 



IMPORTS. 



The imports of seed through the port 

 of New York for the week ending Sep- 

 tember 26 were as follows: 



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



Anise 147 $ 1,800 Fennel 20 $ 235 



Caraway.. 628 5,440 Grass 424 2,065 



Cardamom 10 442 Millet ......450 1,307 



Castor ...4,458 14,950 Mustard 130 871 



Coriander., 1,309 3,895 Rape 157 1,108 



Cummin. . . 103 1,837 Other 6,809 



In the same period the imports of 

 bulbs, trees and plants were valued at 

 $38,315. 



DUTCH BULBS. 



There still are a few Dutch bulbs com- 

 ing in. The Statendam, from Eotter- 

 dam, arriving at New York September 

 29, had the following: 



Consignee. Cases. 



American Express Co 8 



Baldwin, A.. & Co J 



Berger, H. H., & Co 4 



mUott, W., & Sons 16 



Hampton, J. W., Jr.. & Co 30 



Knauth, Nachod & Kubne 1 



Macdonald, J. A 1 



Maltus & Ware 40 



Star Union Line 14 



Total 116 



ERFURT SEED AND PLANT TRADE. 



. .. <v ui and Management. 



Writing from Weimar, Consul Will L. 

 Lowrie. says that Erfurt, ,a thriving 

 commercial city of southern Prussia, with 

 more than 100,000 inhabitants, is known 

 throughout Germany as the "flower 

 city." It has a world-wide reputation 

 for flower and farm seeds and plants, 

 the trade in which the consul portrays 

 as follows: 



"The declared exports of these prod- 

 ucts to the United States in the last ten 

 years amount to $561,741, last year's 

 shipments being worth $53,888. 



"The origin of the industry dates 

 from the tenth century, and it was de- 

 veloped by the monks of the Peters mon- 

 astery. The growth to the present large 

 proportions is of much more recent date. 

 Since 1880 the business of producing 

 flower and garden seeds and plants in 

 Erfurt has increased rapidly, until it is 

 now five times as large as it was a quar- 

 ter of a century ago. When the land 

 failed to produce good wine grapes, the 

 people turned their attention to the seed 

 industry as a means of saving their 

 waning fortunes. In former years the 

 hills about Erfurt and Jena were famous 

 for their vineyards. The wine was sold 

 mostly at Weimar, about halfway be- 

 tween those two cities, giving this place 

 its original name of 'Weinmarkt,' 

 which was changed later to Weimar. 



Extent of Industty. 



"The soil about Erfurt is especially 

 adapted to the culture of vegetables and 

 plants. It is deep, rich, and well wa- 

 tered. The annual rainfall is heavy, and 

 the surrounding hills afford good protec- 

 tion from the cool winds which sometimes 

 sweep down from the Thuringerwald. 

 There are 108 concerns engaged in the 

 seed industry, also thirty-five seed ex- 



Cold Storage Lily Bulbs 



These bulbs arc in nrst-class condition and paclced specially for oold storage 



liilium Speciosum Rubrum 



Lilium Long^orum Gifl^anteam 



6 to 8, 400 to case $20.00 per case 



7to 9,280" " ■2200 " " 



9toll, 150" " .....20.00 •' " 



liilium Longiflorum Multiflorum 



$12.00 per case 



$12.50 per case 

 6J)0 •' ■' 



7 to 9. 300 to case.. 



8 to 10, 260" " .. 



18.00 



Lilium Speciostiin Mag^ificum 



10 to 12, 90 to case $9.00 per case 



liilium Speciosum Album 



9 to 11, 70 to case $10.00 per case 



7 to 9, 226toca8e 



9 to 11, 20 ", *: ! , 



Lilium Bpecioaum Melpomene 



8 to 9, 150 to case $9.00 per case 



Lilium Auratum 



8 to 9, 150 to case $ 9.00 per case 



8 to 9, selected, 130 to case... 8.00 " " 



9 to 11, 90 to case 7.20 " " 



14tol5.46" " 10.00 " " 



Cold Storage Berlin Lily of the Valley 



250 to case $3.75 per case 



600 " " 6.25 " " 



1000 to case $12.00 per case 



2500" " 28.76 " " 



Narcissus Paper White Grandiflora 



Of this, the most popular and most profitable of all bulbs for florists' forcing, we have a 

 very large stock, and also of the very best, larRest flowering quality. These bulbs we can 

 place in cold storage for our customerB, and deliver them as wanted up to January 1, at an 

 additional cost of 26c per 1000 per month after September 1. 



Per 100 Per 1000 Per 5000 Per 10 000 



First size bulbs, 13cm. and up $1.10 $ 9.00 $43.75 $ 85.00 



Monster bulbs, 14 cm. and up 1.30 11.00 53.76 106.00 



Jumbo bulbs, 16cm. and up 2.60 2000 



50 Barclay 

 Street 



New York 



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Sow Now Fr««li 8Md$ ara Ready Strong of Germination Pure in Quality 



Rawson's Royal Strain Cyclamen 



THK FKBR IN SIZX, SUBSTANOE AND QUAUnT 



This splendid strain appears in the following^ beautiful shades : 



Brilliant, deep red. Kzoelslor, white with claret base. 



Grandinora Alba, largest white. Mauve Queen, mauve (new). 



Mont Blanc, white. Prince of Wales, bright Xmas red. 



Salmon Queen, salmon pink (new). Princess May, delicate pink. 



Per 100 seeds, $1.60; per 1000 seeds, $12 00. 



And RAWSON'S RAINBOW MIZTURK, containing an even blending of all the 

 shades as above and many others. Per 100 seeds, $1.25; per 1000 seeds, $10.00. 



W. W. RAWSON & CO. 



6 UNION ST., BOSTON, MASS. 



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porters and twenty-four florists. An 

 idea of the extent of this business may 

 be gained from the area of glass em- 

 ployed. The total is 113,735 square me- 

 ters (the square meter equals 10.764 

 square feet), of which 30,867 square me- 

 ters cover propagating houses and 82,858 

 square meters are used over specially fer- 

 tilized beds. Nearly 3,000 people are 

 employed in various capacities. 



"While there are no statistics avail- 

 able in regard to the total annual output 

 of the Erfurt seed and plant concerns, 

 a single firm produces each year 70,000 

 to 80,000 cyclamen, 400,000 lilies of the 

 valley, 60,000 apple sprouts, in pots; 

 20,000 pear sprouts, 10,000 plum, apri- 

 cot, peach and quince sprouts; 30,000 

 strawberry plants, 300,000 short-stemmed 

 and 40,000 long-stemmed roses. This 

 concern has a dozen large hothouses and 

 salesrooms, packing rooms, a blacksmith 

 shop, a carpenter shop, and a bindery 



Dutch Bulbs 



Write me your wants in Hyacinths, 

 Tulips and Narcissi. 



Florists* Flower Seed 



Cyclamen, Asparagus, Cineraria, 

 Pansy, etc. 



Mushroom Spawn 



English and American Makes. 



819 Market St., PHILADELPHIA. 



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BURNETT BROSm 



SEEDS :: BULBS :: PLANTS 

 72 Cortlandt St., NSW YORK CTTT 



