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34 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Decbmbeb 31, 1008. 



The number of rejections this year has 

 not been greater than in former years. 

 One important lot of \jeet seed fell below 

 the standard of germination this year. 

 It was a matter of great regret to the 

 oflBcers in charge, because they really 

 needed the seed, but the samples sub- 

 mitted were not up to the standard of 

 germination and the stock therefore 

 could not be accepted. 



IMPORTS. 



The imports of seed through the port 

 of New York for the week ending De- 

 cember 18 were as follows: 



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



AnlBe .•• 79 1 777 Grass 760 |4,255 



Caraway ... 14 129 Millet 2,042 6,167 



Cardamom . 8 279 Poppy 2 12 



Celery 33 S33 Rape 9 20 



Coriander . . 60 327 Other 7,856 



Cummin . . . 151 3,016 



In the same period the imports of 

 bulbs, trees and plants were valued at 

 $4,365. 



VALLEY PIPS. 



On the Amerika, from Hamburg, ar- 

 riving at New York December 22, were 

 the following consignments of valley 

 pips: 



Consignee. Cases. 



Maltus & Ware 2 



McHutchlson & Co 26 



To order 42 



Total 70 



On the Pretoria, arriving December 



26, were the following consignments: 



Consignee. Cases. 



Darrow, H. Frank 305 



Hempstead, O. G., & Son 56 



' Lunham & Moore 183 



Maltus & Ware 75 



Sehulz & Ruckgaber 64 



Thorburn, J. M., & Co 20 



To order 13 



Total 716 



SEED BUILDING WEAKENS. 



Sinking of the foundation of one of 

 the posts that support the building at 

 Fifth street and Eggleston avenue, Cin- 

 cinnati, formerly occupied by the U. S. 

 Playing Card Co., now used as a seed 

 warehouse by J. Charles McCullough, 

 caused the beams supporting the floors 

 of the structure to sink on the morning 

 of December 21. Great excitement 

 ensued in the neighborhood, and the 

 str'-^L cars were run over a different 

 route until four o'clock in the afternoon, 

 when it was deemed safe to again send 

 the cars up the Mt. Adams inclined plane. 



"It is one of those unexplainable, 

 every-day accidents that has merely de- 

 layed us for a day," Mr. McCullough 

 told the reporters, "but has not de- 

 stroyed a cent's worth of seed. The 

 building is just as solid as it ever was, 

 and I do not anticipate any further 

 trouble with it. The seat of trouble is 

 at the foundation of the one post that 

 sank, and experts say that rats gnawing 

 at the foundation weakened the support 

 of the post. The seed we have in the 

 building does not weigh one-fourth of the 

 amount of cardboard that was stored pre- 

 viously in the building. ' ' 



"There is nothing seriously the mat- 

 ter with the building," said Building 

 Inspector Xuhlman. "The walls are 

 sound and will not be condemned. In 

 the basement are oiers that go down into 

 the ground. The one north of the canal 

 runway has sunk about five inches, indi- 

 cating that something has given way 

 under it. The floor has been shored up 

 and the seeds are being taken out." 



The building, which is a six-story brick 



Suppose That During 1909 we all try to be Fairly Decent. 



A blfick man with a white ineide is better than a white man with a black inside. An 

 expensive Lily Bulb of superior quality in better than a cheap one of Interior quality. We 

 want you to try a case or so of our best quality of Easter Lily Bulbs— the very best produced 

 in Japan. Write us a postal for prices. Wholesale only. 



SEITARO ARAI 



RALPH M. WARD & CO. 



YOKOHAMA VlWi'; 12 West Broadway 

 JAPAN . ^ W NEW YORK 

 ORPBR NOW FOR yALL, DELIVERY. 



You can also buy from us first-clasB French Bulbs, Dutch Bulbs, Azaleas, etc. 

 a general line at reasonable prices. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



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. 

 Enarllsh Blanetti Stocks. 



Grown especially for florists' use. 



Holland Plants. 



Roses, Peonies, Rhododendrons, Boxtrees, 

 Clematis, Oonifers, etc. 



Uly of the VaUey. 



Finest grades of Berlin and Hamburg for Im- 

 port. 

 For catalogs, specialoffers, etc., please apply to 



H. FRANK DARROW, 



Importer Wholesaler 



P. 0. BOX 1250, 26 Barclay Street. NEW YORK 



Mention The Review when you write. 



Holland Bulbs 



Bfaathnia A Tan Alphen, wholesale bulb 

 growers and exporters, I.Isb«, near Haarlem, 



Holland. Superior quality, low prices. 



Sole Amebican Aoknt, 

 J. MEERKAMP VAN EMBDEN, Mt Vernon, N.Y. 

 Ask fob Catalog. 

 Mention The Review when you write 



structure, was erected about twenty-five 

 years ago. The damage to the building 

 "will not be over $1,000. The McCullough 

 concern is just moving into the building 

 from the warehouse at Second and Wal- 

 nut, the firm last spring deciding to get 

 out of the high-water district. 



EUROPEAN SEED NOTES. 



There appears to be some improvement 

 in the seed trade in England and the 

 wholesaler is reporting an all-round in- 

 crease of business. Last season was a 

 good one for the retailer for the sale of 

 all classes of seeds, and most retailers 

 had an increase of business to report. 

 To this no doubt is due, to some extent, 

 the increased orders given to the whole- 

 sale man. Many stocks were quite 

 cleared last season, much cleaner than 

 the average year. There is usually more 

 or less of all sorts of seeds left after the 

 season's sales to carry forward to the 

 next year, and this surplus to a great 

 extent determines the size of the order 

 to be placed with the wholesaler. This 

 fact, combined with a general average of 

 lighter crops all around and improving 

 conditions of the trade of the country 

 generally, argues well for a good clear- 

 ance for the English wholesalers this 

 season. 



French beans appear to have turned 

 out a good crop all through the seed 

 growing districts and prices are likely to 

 suffer a sharp fall as the season ad- 

 vances. French beans have been grown 

 for seed in much larger quantities the 



miismoflnis I 



All Gh>owers of Mashrooms 

 should buy their 



SPAWN 



direct from 

 the Best Eng^lieh 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. 



Pricee and particulars on 

 application. 



Send one shilling (24 cents) for our 

 new book on Mushroom Culture. 



ADDRESS : 



JOHNSON'S, Ltd. 



44 Bedford R0W9 

 LONDON, ENGLAND. 



Mention The Review when y o u write. 



CAULIFLOWER 

 A B B A G E 



Seed 



LILY OF THE VALLEY PIPS 



HJALMAR HARTMANN & CO. 



1 2 Stormgade, Copenhagen, Denmark. 



last few years, and the supply is often 

 above the demand. At the price they 

 are now being grown at there is little 

 profit to be had, and some contracts have 

 certainly lost money, with still lower 

 contract prices in prospect for next crop. 

 Cabbage seed of all kinds appears 

 plentiful, although reports of light crops 

 from one or two growing districts are to 

 hand. This article is grown practically 

 wherever seeds of any sort are grown 

 and has been overdone of late. There 

 are heavy stocks of all leading kinds on 

 hand and there is a likelihood of prices 



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