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The Weekly Florists* Review. 



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January 14, 1909. 



age will be planted at Chicago this 

 spring. 



THE SITUATION IN SEEDS. 



Reports generally show the seed trade 

 to be in good shape to take care of the 

 expected large increase of business for 

 1909. Most of the wholesale and retail 

 catalogues are being circulated and the 

 prices in one correspond with the other, 

 in a manner that is gratifying. Uni- 

 form prices are a good thing. The seed 

 buyer will usually give his favorite firm 

 the preference if the prices are equal. 

 There is still a tendency to give new 

 names to articles that are already stand- 

 ards under other names, but if these 

 items have been more carefully grown 

 or more carefully selected it is something 

 of a gain to the planter and works no 

 loss to anyone. Wholesalers report good 

 business and the mail order seedsmen 

 are getting quick response from their 

 catalogues and all hands consider the 

 outlook bright. 



IMPORTS. 



The imports of seed through the port 

 of New York for the week ending 

 January 2 were as follows: 



Kind. Pkgs. Val. Kind 



Annatto 18 $ 2&S Mustard 



Anise 26 



Canary 411 



Pl£gs. Val. 



.. 23 $ 46 



373 Poppy 187 1085 



660 Rape 25 205 



Cardamom .. 3 364 Su^ar beet.. .. 2207 



Clover 400 9045 Other 20181 



Fennel 50 218 



In the same period the imports of 



bulbs, trees and plants were valued at 



$17,925. 



SEED SAMPLES. 



For several years the customs officials 

 have been supplying the Department of 

 Agriculture with samples of seeds as per 

 the following order issued by the Treas- 

 ury Department January 5: 



At the request of the Secretary of Agriculture 

 It Is directed that, until July 1, 1009, 2-ounce 

 samples of all importations of 100 pounds or 

 more of grass, clover and forage-plant seeds be 

 prepared at the earliest practicable date after 

 entry and forwarded to the seed lalwratory. De- 

 partment of Agriculture, Washington, D. C, 

 labeled with names and. addresses of consignors 

 and consignees, name of seed as given In the 

 invoice, and quantity of the consignment. 



This is the sixth or seventh succes- 

 sive year that this order has been issued 

 in exactly similar language, but its ap- 

 pearance this year is exciting some of 

 the newspaper correspondents who think 

 it something new; they try to read into 

 it some reference to the proposed pure 

 seed legislation, or the administration of 

 the pure food laws. 



TENERIFFE. 



The Onion Seed Industry. 



The important and, 1 may say, the 

 only cultivation in the island of Teneriffe 

 which interests American seedsmen is the 

 Teneriflfe-grown Bermuda onion seeds. 



Onions have been raised in Teneriffe 

 for over 100 years, but the first attempt 

 at exporting the Bermuda onion seed 

 took place about sixty years ago, and the 

 honor of the first exportations is due to 

 Peter S. Eeid, of Puerto Cruz, Orotava. 

 Gradually the business began to take 

 some importance, and the cultivation of 

 the Bermuda onion became a regular 

 source of income to agriculturists over 

 here. 



Lack of organization in this trade 

 brought along with it bad faith on the 

 part of some of the growers of seeds and 

 seed dealers, who used to buy from small 

 people and then resell to the exporters 



Stokes' Staadard New Crop Flower Seeds 



ARK MOW IN 



N«w Karly Branohlns Astar, a decided 

 Improvement over the old Semple's Branch- 

 ing—two weeks earlier. Color, pure white. 

 Mo8t profitable aster ever grown. Traae 

 plit., 25c: ^4 oz.. 60c; ot., «2.00. 



ABecatum Blu* Perfection. Trade pkt., 

 16c; oz , 60c. 



Aseratum Prlnoaas Victoria Louise. 

 Trade pkt.. 20c; oz , 76c. 



Aseratum Blue Star-new— 4 to 6 Inches 

 high, fine for edging. Trade pkt., 80c. 



Antlrrblnum Giant. Six separate colors. 

 Trade pkt.. 20c: oz., 60c. 



Lobelia Crystal Palace Compacta. 

 Trade pkt.. 25c; oz., S1.26. 



Mlimonette— Maohet. Trade pkt., 10c; 



oz., 86c; ^4 lb., 81.26. 

 Petunia— Giant Frlnced, single. Trade 



pkt. 45c. 

 Petunia— Nevr 8noirbaU« fine for pots. 



Trade pkt , Soc; oz , $1.16. 

 Panoy— Stokes* Standard Mixed. Trade 



pkt.. 60c; ^ oz.. $3.60; oz., $6.00. 

 NlKOlla Ulss Jekyll, a sterling novelty. 



Beautiful blue flower. Tr. pkt.. 10c: oz.,75c. 

 Salvia Splendens (my own growing). 



Trade rkt.. 25c; oz., $1.00. 

 Salvia Bonfire. Trade pkt , 30c; oz., $2.00. 

 Saivla Zurlcfei. Trade pkt., 50c; 1-16 oz., 



$1.00. Best for pot culture. 



Bend for Market Gardeners* and Plorists* wbolosale oataloc* lust published 

 219 Market Street, PHILADKLPEQA, PA. 



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Seeds { 



For f he Florist 



and Gardener 



Salvia Splenden 80c per 1000 seeds: $1.00 per oz. . 



Salvia Bonfire 60c per 1000 seeds; 2.00 per oz. 



Verbena, Mammoth, in 6 separate colors.. 20c per 1000 seeds; 1.25 per oz. 



choice mixed of the above 20c per 1000 seeds; l.OOperoz. 



Asparacus Plumosus Nanus $4.00 per 1000 seeds 



Asparacus Sprenserl 76 per 1000 seeds 



SEND FOR TRADE CATALOG 



Currie Bros. Co., ^"^^ts"."^" 



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An Excellent rorcing Winter Flower is 



Rawson's New Pink Beauty Lupin 



Seeds town now will produce immense spikes of beautiful 

 pink blossoms inside of three months. 



FRESH SEEDS ARE READY NOW! Per os., 80e; 4 oi.. 91.00. 



W. W. RAWSON & CO., 



6 Union Street, BOSTON, MASS. 



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PRIZE STRAIN 



TUBEROUS ROOTED BEGONIAS 



SINOLE, white, yellow, scarlet, rose and crimson per doz., 35c per 100, $2..'>0 per ICOO, $22.00 



MIXED . •••, ,••• •••••: '• 30c '• 2.25 " 20.00 



l>OUBL,E. white, yellow, scarlet, rose and crimson.... " 60c ' 4.00 " 38.00 



GIANT FLOWERING GLOXINIAS, choice mixed, $3.50 per 100; $32.00 per 1000. 



New Crop Flower Seeds -Write Vor Florists' Wholesale List. 



JOHNSON SEED COMPANY, 217 Market Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



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Stocks, Cut and Come Again, assorted colors, 



26c trade pkt. 

 Stocks, Dwarf Bouquet, ass't. colors. 25c tr. pkt. 



Snowflake, white, 50c trade pkt. 

 Petunia, trlnned, sioRle, mixed. .Wc trade pkt. 

 fringed, doable, mixed. Sl.OO trade pkt. 

 Yx^mtk. Tobacco Stems, $1.60 for 300-lb. bale. 

 rresb M*" Track Spawn, $«.00 per 100 lbs. 



W. C. BECKERT, Seedsman, 

 North Side PITTSBURG, PA. 



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Dahlias 



Named varieties. 

 Send for list. 



DAVID HERBERT & SON 



Snccesaorsto L. K. Peacock. lac. ATCO. N. J. 

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