OCTOBBK 22, 1908. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



35 



English Grown Seeds 



Farm, Garden and Flower Seeds of best qual- 

 ity. Specialties : Giant Fancy Pansy, saved from 

 named plants: Carrot, Onion, Brussels Sprouts, 

 Cabbage, Golden Ball Turnip. 



Price list free on application to 



THE BEDFORDSHIRE SEED CO., Ltd. 



8AMDT. KNGLANI> 



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DUTCH BULBS. 



The steamer Eotterdam, from Eotter- 



dam, arriving in New York October 12, 



brought the following consignments of 



Dutch bulbs: 



Consignee. Cases. 



Albert, A. C, & Co 31 



Fenton, A. W., Jr 1 



M. D. T. Co 7 



MaltuH & Ware T 68 



Overton & Co 2 



Total 109 



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IMPORTS. 



The imports of seed through the port 

 of New York for the week ending Octo- 

 ber 10 were as follows: 



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



Caraway. . .1,350 $5..S88 Mustard 431 $4,649 



Coriander. . 137 504 Poppy 950 4,963 



Grass 77 1.174 Rape 39 206 



Hemp 737 3..521 Other 3,439 



Lycopodium 15 1,181 



In the same period the imports of 

 bulbs, trees and plants were valued at 

 $50,056. 



THE ASTER SEED CROP. 



Writing under date of October 17, 

 James Vick's Sons, Bochester, say: 



"We expect to harvest at least an 

 average crop of aster seed. The early 

 varieties are already gathered. The seed 

 of these is plump, the conditions at har- 

 vest time insure good vitality, and the 

 yield is satisfactory. Our large acreage 

 of Branching varieties is maturing rather 

 slowly, but we expect to harvest the 

 earlier plantings this month. With the 

 exception of about two acres flooded in 

 July, the losses of plants are trifling and 

 we have had fine weather for the seed to 

 set and mature. The use in several of 

 our main plantings of strains that we 

 have been breeding up for some time 

 will cut down the yield somewhat, as the 

 improved strains have the main branches 

 practically free from lateral buds, and 

 the flowers more double than formerly. 

 Still, the conditions of growth are so 

 favoraole that we expect to be able to 

 meet all our requirements. 



' * Our other seed crops — a few acres of 

 Phlox Drummondii and a number of spe- 

 cialties in flowers and vegetables — have 

 nearly all yielded satisfactory crops and 

 have been harvested under ideal condi- 

 tions." 



TOMATOES FOR CANNING. 



By far the larger portion of the acre- 

 age devoted to tomatoes is for the pur- 

 pose of supplying fruit for the canning 

 factories, and it is the demand of the 

 canneries which, more than any other, 

 has given the great impetus to tomato 

 culture in the United States. Canned 

 tomatoes as an article of trade is said to 

 owe its origin to Harrison W. Crosby, 

 who made his first venture in 1848, while 

 steward of Lafayette College, Easton, 

 Pa. There was a ready demand for the 

 goods, and, with increased supply and 

 improved machinery the cost has been 

 greatly reduced. With this reduced cost 

 the output of the factories has increased 

 to an almost incredible extent. The 

 total output of the United States for 



TO THK TRADE 



HENRY MEHE, Qaedliabnrs, fiennany 



^^^"■^^^^■^ (ESTABUSHED IN 1787) 



Grower and Exporter on the rery largest scale of all 



CHOICE VEGETABLE, FLOWER and EARM SEEDS 



Specialties : Beans, Beets, Cabbages, Carrots, Kobl-Rabi, Leeks, Lettuces, Onions, 

 Peas, Ra.(U8lies, Spinach, Turnips, Swedes, Asters, Balsams, Begonias, Carnations, 

 Cinerarias, Gloxinias, Larkspurs, Nasturtiums, Pansles, Petunias, Pblox, Primulas, 

 Scabious, Stocks, Verbenas, Zinnias, etc. Catalogue free ou application. 



HBNRT MKTTE'S TRIUMPH OF THE GIANT PANSIES (mixed), the most 

 perfect and most beautiful in the world, $5.00 per oz.; $1.50 per ^^4-02.; 75c per 1-16 oz. Postage 

 paid. Cash with order. 



All seeds offered are grown under my personal supervision on my o^rn grounds of 

 more tban SOOO acres, and are warranted true to name, of strongest growth, finest 

 stocks and best quality. I also Bxovr laxifely seeds on contract. 



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AZALEAS 



for fall delivery, the best 

 that are grown, also 



DAI UO 'for spring or fall 



.^». «>,^ B.vrT..j. ».^v< . — delivery, furnished by 



AUGUST HAEIlENS, Somergem, ll'Si^^T. 



ADDRISS THE AMERICAN REPRESENTATIVES 



AUGUST ROLKER & SONS, 31 Barclay St., or P. O. Box 768, New York 



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COLD STORAGE VALLEY 



Very finest grades of Hamburg Valley, for 

 shipment as desired. 



Fruit and Ornamental Stocks. 



French grown best quality, carefully selected, 

 graded and packed. 



EnBlish Manettl Stocks. 



Grown especially for florists' use. 



Holland Plants. 



Roses, Peonies, Rhododendrons, Boxtrees, 

 Clematis, Conifers, etc. 



Lily of the VaUey. 



Finest grades of Berlin and Hamburg for im- 

 port. 

 For catalogs, special offers, etc., please apply to 

 H. FRANK DARROM, 

 Importer Wholesaler 



P. 0. Box 1250, 26 Barclay St.. New York 

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IMPORTANT 



Novelties 



of our raising; of 



Perennials, Carnations 



DAHLIAS, CLEMATIS, etc. 

 Our NOVELiTT L.I8T tree on application 



fioos & Koenemann 



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No.34i 



WIBOLtrS SNOWBALL 

 CAULIFLOWER-SEED 



t« thr earliest of I 

 all Snowballs, ihrt| 

 . most compact, ihe 

 surest header, is | 

 giving the largest and snow- 

 whitest heads, and is Ihe 

 best keeper in dry-weather. 

 Demand it through yotir 

 seed-firm or direct from 



R. WIBOLTT, NAKSXOV. OENMARK I 



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 LARGEST STOCK OF ALL 



BELGIAN PLANTS! 



Asaleas, Araucarias, Sweet Bays, 

 Palms, Beg^onias, Gloxinias, etc. 



LOUIS VAN HOUTTE, PERE 



GHENT, Bel^um. 



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All Grow^ers of Mushrooms 

 should buy their 



SPAWN 



direct from 

 the Best Eng^lish Makers. 



Johnson's, Ltd., are the 



chief makers of Spawn and 

 growers of Mushrooms in Eng- 

 land. Their Spawn-bricks are 

 scientifically inoculated with 

 fine Virgin Spawn and this 

 year's stock is better than ever. 



Prices and particulars on 

 application. 



Send one sbillinf; (24 cents) for our 

 new book on Mushroona Culture. 



ADDRESS: 



JOHNSON'S, Ltd. 



44 Bedford Row, 

 LONDON, ENGLAND. 



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E. W. KING & GO'S 



NEW ASTER "#S5d.r 



WHITE, 80c per oa.; the earliest white aster in 

 cultivaticn, twice the sire of Queen of the Market; 

 very long: stems, splendid for decorations. PINK, 

 $1.00 per ox.; a worthy companion to the white. 



We are one of the larirest English bona fide growers 

 of Nastnrtinma, Godetia, Candytnft, Lark- 

 spur, Poppy and other hardy annuals. 

 Send for price list to 

 Grswert af New and Special Varieties of Sweet Peat. 



CogKeshall, Essex, 

 EMOL.AND. 



E. W. KING & CO., 





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