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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



OCTOBBB 22, 1908. 



Easter Lily Bulbs 



Just arrived in perfect condition 



Per 100 1000 



Harrisii. 0/7 $ 4.50 $400() 



7/9 800 75.00 



9/11 22.00 



Azores LoiiKi., 7/9 8 00 76 00 



Lll. LoDKiHorum, f^As 3 00 25.00 



Lil. Giganteum, 7/i> 6.50 60.00 



THE MOORE SEED CO. 



339 Market St., PHILADUPltIA, PA. 



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1887 was about 3,000,000 cases, of 

 twenty-four cans each. Jn 1894 the out- 

 put was nearly doubled; while in 1904 

 the trade had grown to 9,00(^000 cases, 

 and in 1907 the pack reported was ap- 

 proximately 13,000,000 cases. This year 

 has not been a favorable one for toma- 

 toes, but the pack doubtless was as large 

 as in 1907. 



VALLEY PIPS. 



The following extracts from the 

 Deutsche Gartner Zeitung show how 

 varied are the reports from the centers 

 of lily of the valley culture in Germany, 

 and the expectations of the cultivators 

 in regard to the crop of the present 

 year : 



"The lily of the valley trade in the 

 autumn of last year was good, high 

 prices were paid for crowns, and they 

 were soon disposed of. The promise for 

 the present year is middling good. The 

 inquiry has been equal to that of 1907." 

 — H. D., Schulp, Holstein. 



"The harvest of 1907 in this neigh- 

 borhood was unfavorable. The price 

 here, as in previous years, stood at 20 to 

 25 marks per thousand. If at length 

 dry weather ensue no premature bloom- 

 ers will appear, and there will then be a 

 prospect of satisfactory ware; but that 

 the crop will be an abundant one is 

 doubtful, for an examination made in 

 July and the early part of August 

 showed that in my grounds not many 

 flowering buds (crowns) were discover- 

 able. The future crop of good crowns 

 that will be harvested this autumn is 

 already in firm hands at the same prices 

 as those of previous years. ' ' — O. G., 

 Grabow-on-the-Oder. 



"The practice of keeping the surplus 

 of the lily of the valley crowns for 

 longer than one year in artificially cool 

 storage has greatly increased since 1892, 

 when it began. Last year too many 

 crowns were stored, with the result that 

 large numbers were kept for two sum- 

 mers, and as a consequence they had no 

 value; last spring much was left in the 

 stores. The price has fallen from year 

 to year and this season it is not likely 

 to advance, seeing that the condition of 

 the purchasing public in general compels 

 it to be extra careful in the matter of 

 articlea of luxury. Opinions in regard 

 to the present year's harvest differ con- 

 siderably. Following on a continuous 

 wet period, lasting to the middle of the 

 month of May, a great drought lasted till 

 St. John's day, which did not particu- 

 larly favor the development of blossoms. 

 Still the harvest of crowns, in spite of 

 minor exceptions, will be too large." — 

 H. B., Acterschlag, near Bargedorf. 



"Last fall good crowns for export 

 were, as a result of the weak crops, very 



An Excellent Forcing Winter f loiter Is 



Rawson's New Pinl^ Beauty Lupin 



Seeds sown now will produce immense spikes of beau- 

 tiful pink blossoms during the early part of March. 



FRESH SEEDS ARE READY NOW! Per oz., 30c; 4 oz., $1.00. 



We have just received new crop seeds of ihe TRUE IRISH SHAMROCK. 

 NOW is the time to sow it for St. Patricia's Day. ^ oz , 5Uo; 1 oz., $3.00. 



W. W. RAWSON & CO 



6 Union Street, 

 BOSTON, MASS. 



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Excelsior Tuberose and Cala- 

 dium Esculentum bubs and 



Canna roots tor December delivery. 

 WRITE 



JOHN F. CROOM & BRO., 



Bulb Growers Magpnolia, N. C. 



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Dahlias 



Named varieties. 

 Send for list. 



DAVID HERBERT & SON 



SucceseorBto L. E. Peacock. Inc. ATCO. N. J. 



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Skidelsky & Irwin Co. 



Seeds, Bulbs and Plants 



144 North Seventh St. 



Philadelphia 



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filadiolos ^fllbs 



Our bulbs are not better than 

 the best, but better than the rest. 

 TRY TUJ£M. 



Cushman Gladiolus COr 



STLVAXnA, OHIO. 



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GREENHOUSE GROWN 



Plumosus Seed 



200 000 ready f^r delivery December 15th. 

 CorreBpondence invited for all or part of crop. 



Charles C. Meehan 



Mt. Airy P. O., PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



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scarce, and higher prices were paid than 

 in some previous years. Planting crowns 

 were from the same cause not to be ob- 

 tained. The lily of the valley trade in 

 Stettin was languid the entire winter. 

 This was chiefly due to the general lack 

 of money in the community and the re- 

 tarded competing with the fresh forced 

 crowns. Still it must be allowed that 

 owing to the retarding method, the lily 

 of the valley crop is disposed of to a 

 considerable proportion, and that the re- 

 tarded crowns are brought on at a sea- 

 son when fresh forced lily of the valley 

 are not obtainable. The spring and sum- 

 mer weather has been favorable, and a 

 good harvest of crowns is expected. ' ' — 

 R. G., Gartz-on-the-Oder. 



GREAT SCHEME 



PRIMROSES 



IMPROVED^CHINESE, finest grown, mixed, 



single and double, extra strong and fine, 



2in., 81.50 per 100; $U.0O per 1000. Extra 



strong, 4 in., $6 00 per 100. 

 PRIMULA OBUONICA, new varieties mixed. 



strong, 4-in., $7 00 per 100. 

 ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS NANUS and 



SPRBNuERI, very fine, strong, 2-lncb. 



$2 00 per 100. 

 CINERARIAS, large-flowering dwarf varieties. 



mixed strong. 2-in., «1 5ti per lOo. 

 GIANT PAN8IB8, (strong plants. $2 50 per 1000. 

 CTCLAMKN GIGaNTEUM, extra fine, 3-in., 



$5.00 per 100, XXXX, 6-in., $5 00 per doz. 



XXX SEEDS 



CHINESE PRIMROSE, finest grown, slngto 

 and double, mixed. 5uO seeds. 91.00; ^ pkt.,9K. 



GIANT PAN8T, finest grown, critically se- 

 lected. 5000 seeds, $1.00; ^fl pkt.. 50c. 



CINERARIA, large flowering dwarf, mixed, 

 1000 Bccdf'* 50c 



CYCLAMEN GIGANTEUM, finest Giantfl. 

 mixed. 200 seeds. $1.00; >a pkt., 50c. 



SHAMROCK, Irish, the real thing, green, bow 

 this fall, lOOn seeds, 50c. 

 OASU. Liberal extra count. 



JOHN F. RUPP, ShiremanMown, Pa. 

 RUPPTON : Tlie Home of Prtmroses. 



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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 BULB CO., General AgiRts, 



v: 



Lowenbergh B bg . Main St . Morfoilc Va. 



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Fail BfllfiS 



AU the Leadlnar Varletlee 

 BEST QUALITT, LOWEST PRICKS 



Write for Catalogue. 



JAMES YICK'S SONS 



ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



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