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The Weekly Florists' Review, 



November ^, .1908. 



IIEAPPRAISEMENTS. 



The U. S. Board of General Ap- 

 praisers announced the following reap- 

 praisements cf interest to thfe trade: 



SPINACH SEED.— From Haage & Schmidt, 

 Erfurt, exported August 25, 1908; entered at 

 Philadelphia. File No. 49835. Entry No. 15253. 

 Findings of Sharretts, G. A.: Grant Victoria 

 epinacb seed; entered at 27 marlcs per cwt. 

 Add paclcing. Less freight to Hamburg. No 

 advance. 



A HORTICULTURAL SHIPLOAD. 



The shipments of bulbs from HoUand 

 are nearly over for the season, but im- 

 ports of other stock are just beginning. 

 Last week's boat from Rotterdam was 

 fairly well laden with horticultural prod- 

 ucts. . The bulbs on board were: 



Consignee. Cases. 



Boddington, A. T 1 



Darrow, H. F 2 



Maltus & Ware 20 



Vaughan's Seed Store 4 



There were the following consign- 

 ments of plants and nursery stock: 



Consignee. Cases. 



Blschoff, H., & Co 7 



Davies, Turner & Co 1 



•Darrow, H. F 17 



Glps, A 4 



Hagemann, Wm., & Co 67 



Mutlllod, Marius 33 



Manda, W. A 15 



McHutchison & Co 14 



Maltus & Ware 65 



Ouwerlterlc, P 7 



Petry, P. H., & Co 31 



Rooney & Spence 2 



Thomson & Putney 41 



In addition to 100 bags mustard, 100 



caraway and 300 poppy, there were: 



Consignee. Bags Seeds. 



Henderson, P., & Co 153 



Nungesser, H., & Co 100 



There also were 270 bales of peat 



moss. 



VARIETIES OF LETTUCE, 



(Continued From Page 33.) 

 ticular types of lettuce have largely de- 

 termined the forms which have found 

 their way into the verious branches of 

 the lettuce industry. Practically all of 

 our eastern markets require a head let- 

 tuce. As a result, greenhouse operators 

 east of Pittsburg nearly all grow head- 

 ing types. Since the field and frame 

 lettuce of the south, as well as that at 

 the north, all reach the same markets, 

 head lettuce is the prevailing type in 

 both of these industries. Many of the 

 cities of the central portion of the United 

 States accept the cutting or leaf type 

 of lettuce, which is well represented by 

 the Grand Rapids Forcing. This type 

 of lettuce, to my mind, is-V4pite as de- 

 sirable as the head Iettu(!ej* and can be 

 much more economically produced, either 

 in the frame or in the greenhouse, than 

 the beading sorts. 



Crosses With Grand Rapids. 



In the lettuce breeding work, which 

 has been conducted by Mr. Oliver, under 

 the direction of Dr. GaUdway, thirty or 

 forty distinct sorts of lettuce have been 

 crossed and many interesting forms ob- 

 tained. A single cross, however, has 

 been made the basis of practically all 

 of the selection work which is now in 

 progress; namely. Grand Bapids, or 

 Golden Queen, with its reciprocal cross. 

 One of the interesting features of this 

 work is that in the first generation, while 

 the lettuce is clearly a cross between the 

 two types, it quite closely resembles one 

 or the other of the parents; the type 

 in the generation is usually very con- 

 stant; the plants are uniform in char- 

 acter, and with decidedly increased vege- 

 tative vigor. The marked feature of 

 cross-bred or hybrid plants is their rapid 

 ^owth. 



In the - second generation, hybrid or 



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Lycoris Squamigera 



or Amaryllis Hallii. 

 A perfectly Hardy Amaryllis^ producing beautiful pink flowers. 



DCSCRIPTION:— Lycoris Squamigera produces in early Bprlni; attractive green 

 foliage which grows until JuJy, when it ripens off and diBaopears, and one not familiar with 

 its habits would think the bulb bad died, but about a month later, as if by magic, the flower 

 stalks spring from the ground to a height of 2 or 3 feet, developing an umbel of large and 

 beautiful lily-shaped flowers, 3 to 4 inches across and from 8 to 12 in number, of a delicate 

 lilac-pink, shaded with clear blue. • 



COLTURB;— As thebulb is perfectly hardy without any protection. It can be planted 

 either in the fall or spring, but we consider fall the best time, as the bulbs will have splendid 

 chance to get established before flowering time. Cover the crown about 4 inches. 



Very nseful for the hardy border or among shrubbery. 

 S5o eaob; $80.00 par 100 



New Trade List ready. 



JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, Floral Park, N. Y. 



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■ 18 centimeters and up, about 1300 to a case $1.00 per 100; $9.00 per 1000; $11.00 per case. 



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5 Bulbs. 3e to ^ inch in diameter $0.76 $ 6.00 



ig Mammoth bulbs, ^ to ^ inch in diameter 85 7.50 



S Monster bulbs, ^ inch and up in diameter ■. 1.50 12.00 



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g ARTHUR T. B00DIII6T0N, 



8BKD8MAN. 

 348 W. 14th Street, 



New York City 



Per 100 Per 1000 



UL.IUM GIGANTEUM, 6 to 8, (400 to case) $4.00 $36.00 



8to9, (SOOtocase) 7.60 70.00 



SPXCIOSUM ALBUM. 8 to 9 (225 to case) 7.00 65.00 



9 to 11. (125 to case) 11.00 



RUBRDM, 8to9, (225toca8e)..... 4.76 42.00 



9 to 11, (125 to case) 7.50 68.00 



IfKLPOlIXMX, 8 to 9, (225.to case) 5.00 46.00 



9 to 11. (126 to case) 11.00 



YUESS GARDENS CO., 



91 Water Street, 



NEWBUROH, N. Y. 



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Winter-flowering Sweet Peas 



Sow Sw^eet Peas now in pots, ready to follow your Mums 



NowReady 



Christmas Pink, Denzer, Mrs. £. Wild and Watchung. 



76c per ^ lb. 



Mrs. Sim, Mrs. Wallace, Mrs. Chas. H. Totty and W. J. Stewart. 



Per oz., 50c; H lb., $1.50. 



NOVKLTIKS rOR 1008 



Mrs. Smalley, Mrs. Qeo. Lewis, Helen Oould, Greenbrook. Marian 

 Hannan. $1.00 per oz. 



8KND rOB COMFLKTK LI8T AMD PRICK8 



C. H. TOTTY, Madison, N. J. 



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'"n'-^ed TULIPS 



8INGLX AND DOUBLE. 



Write for price. 



Di RUSCONIi citoSivati. o. 



Gladioli 



I am very busy harvesting Bulbs, but not too 

 busy to book orders. Send me your 



list of wants. 



E. E. STEWART, '"VEs^ieT""'. 



