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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



OCTOBEB 8, 1008. 



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Fkwbb* Bulbs, Flower Seeds and Supplkt 



YUESS GARDENS CO., 



•1 Water St.. NEWBURGH, N. Y. 



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PALM SEED 



Jtnt Arrived direct from Australia. 



Kentia Belmoreana and 

 Kentia Forsteriana* 



Per 1000 seeds, $6.00; 50OO for $25.00. 



Ready now. Prompt shipment. 

 Order qttick. 



JACKSON & PERKINS CO., Newark, New York 



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Spanish Iris for Forcing 



A mrplui of Bxtra Fine Stock in followinar 



alendld Varieties: Count Nassau, Cajanut, 

 inche Fleur, British Queen, etc. Send list oi wants 

 for prices. 



Hyacinths, Tulips, Narcissi and all seasonable 

 ■lock. Serd for catalog. 

 Froh Tobacco Stems, in bales of 300 lbs., $1.50. 



W. C. KCKEIT. initmu. Nirth Si««, PITTIIUaG, PA 



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Dahlias 



Named varieties. 

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DAVID HERBERT ft SON 



ftsece s Borsto L. K. Peacock. Inc. ATCO, H. J. 

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Skidelsky & Irwin Co. 



Seeds, Bulbs and Plants 



144 North Seventh St. 



Philadelphia 



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^adiolos folbs 



Our bulbs are not better than 

 cbe best, but better than the rest 

 TRY THKM. 



Cushnan Gladiolus GOr 



8TLVAHIA. OHIO. 



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Gladioli 



I can supply choice cut spikes of Gladioli in any 

 eolor or in choice mixture at reasonable prices. 



E. E. STEWKRT, "'"k JieTn*. 



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on), one and a half hours at noon, and 

 a half hour at vespers. 



' * About 2,000 acres of land in the city 

 and the immediate vicinity are devoted 

 to gardens. This land is owned by the 

 Crown, the city and private individuals. 

 It is leased to the various concerns at 

 rentals depending on the location and on 

 the productiveness of the soil. Owing to 

 the rapid growth of the city, which rivals 

 the percentage of a western "boom" 

 town in the United States, quite an area 

 of the best garden land has been plotted 

 into city lots and is fast being covered 

 with fine villas and houses. 



Varieties Grown. 



"The cultivation of the gillyflower in 

 Erfurt dates from 1810. It first ap- 

 peared in the window of a citizen, and 

 from this one pot hundreds of thousands 

 of these flowers have been propagated. 

 The estimated annual production is 680,- 

 000 plants. To the same extent, or 

 nearly so, is the cultivation of the cal- 

 ceolaria, verbena, petunia, gloxinia, zin- 

 nia, pansy, carnation, balsam, phlox, hol- 

 lyhock, pelargonium, fuchsia, azalea, etc., 

 in almost endless variety. It is esti- 

 mated that the annual output of flower 

 seeds is not much under 1,000,000 marks 

 or $238,000. 



* * Vegetable and farm seeds are culti- 

 vated in large quantities and in great 

 variety. Among them are included 101 

 kinds of peas, 168 of beans (700 bushels 

 were shipped this year to Boston to help 

 make up the deficit in its staple food), 

 269 varieties of kitchen herbs, thirty- 

 eight kinds of radishes and thirty of 

 other roots, thirty-four of onions, etc., 

 sixty-five of grass for fodder, thirty of 

 clover, 320 species of potatoes. There are 

 1,542 varieties of vegetable seed culti- 

 vated in Erfurt." 



PEDIGREED COTTON SEED. 



The U. S. Department of Agriculture 

 has issued, as Farmers' Bulletin No. 333, 

 by W. A. Orton, an account of the work 

 in breeding cotton to resist the wilt 

 which, under various names, affects the 

 cotton crops over large areas. The bul- 

 letin concludes: 



* * The question of distributing wilt- 

 resistant seed in such a way that all sec- 

 tions may receive benefit from the work 

 of the Bureau of Plant Industry is an 

 important one. It is evidently out of 

 the question for the Department of Agri- 

 culture to send seed to all who need it in 

 suflicient quantity to plant their crops. 

 The only solution of the difficulty is to 

 encourage local breeders to grow and 

 offer seed for sale. 



' ' To this end the Department of Agri- 

 culture has begun to send out seed to 

 men who have been ascertained by pre- 

 vious correspondence to have wilt-infected 

 land and to be willing to care for the 

 seed. The quantity given to each is one- 

 half bushel, enough so that if planted 

 with care at least a bale of cotton can 

 be raised; then this cotton can be taken 

 to the gin and the seed saved free from 

 mixture with other kinds. 



"Those receiving this wilt-resistant 

 seed are expected to heed the advice 

 given in this bulletin to keep the seed 

 pure and sell to their neighbors. At the 

 present time this wilt-resistant cotton is 

 included in the congressional distribution 

 ot seeds by the Department of Agricul* 

 ture, so that farmers desiring to obtain 

 it should make application through their 

 member of congress. The quantity avail- 

 able for each congressional district will 

 be quite limited." 



Big Bargains In 



PRIMROSES 



niPBOVKD CHIinESi:, finest grown, mixe<I. 



single and double, extra strong and nn«, 



-2-in., $1.60 per 100; $12.00 per 1000. XXX 



strong. 8-in.. $4.00 per 100. Extra strong, 



4-in., $6.00 per 100. 

 PRimTLA OBOOmCA, new varieties mixed, 



strong, 8-in., $5.00 per 100. 



ASPABACnTB PLUMOSUB HAMUS and' 



SrXEMOMBlt very fine, strong, a^neli, 



$2.00 per 100. 

 CIMKBARZA8, large-flowering dwarf varietiea, 



mixed, strong, 2-in., $2.00 per 100. 

 OIAMT PANBIKS. strong plants, $8.00 per 1000. 



XXX SEEDS 



CHimSB PRIHROBS, finest grown, ainadf 



and double, mixed. 600 seeds, $1.00; ^ pkt., ODe 

 OIAHT PAHBT, finest grown.. criticaUy ••- 



lected. 6000 seeds, $1.00; >« pkt.. 60c. 



CniXRARIA, large flowering dwarf, mlxsd 



1000 seeds. 60c. 

 CTCLAMKM GIOAMTRDM, flnest Giants. 



mixed, aoo seeds. $1.00: ^ pkt., 60c. 

 SHAMROCK, Irish, the real thing, green, sow 



this faU, 1000 seeds, 60c. 



GASH. Liberal extra count. 



JOHN F. RUPP, Shiremanstowfi, Pa. 



RUPPTON X Th« Horn* of Prlmrosaa. 



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We are Indisputably the 



Largest Bulb Growers 



in this country; this fact stands for reliability 

 and experience :; :: 



We have enormous quantities of 



Narcissus Emperor 



at the following low prices: 

 •10.00 $8.00 $6.00 



Also more than 12,000,000 bulbs in variety at 

 the same reasonable prices for reliable bulbs 



HUBERT MB CO., Gmral Agents, 



Lowenb«rgh Bidg., Main 8t , Norfolk. Va. 



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Fall Bomii 



All the Leading Varleti«s 

 BK8T QUAUTT, LOWKST PRICKS 



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JAMES VICK'S SONS 



ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



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My Cyclamen 



Are ahead in growth and flowers. Bloodred. 

 Carmine Daybreak, Lilac colors. Pure White, 

 White, carmine eye, each color separate tr. pkt,. 

 $1.00; 1000 seeds, $6.00. All colors, fine mixed, 

 tr. pkt., 7,5c; 1000 8eed9,-$6 00 Salmon color, 

 new, tr. pkt., $1.00; 1000 seeds. $10.00. Victoria 

 fringed, new, tr. pkt., $1.00; 1000 seeds, $10.00. 



O. V. ZANGEN 



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