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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



jANaABT 28, 1909. 



Valley— Valley— Valley 



IT PAYS TO GROW BRUNS' VALLEY= = 



CHICAGO MARKET BRAND. Finest Valley in America. 



Giving the largest number and biggest bell all the year round. 

 . There is nothing better imported. $1.75 per 100; $15.00 per 100.- 



BERLIN SPECIAL BRAND. Fine Valley for early and spring forcing, giving good results. 



$1.50 per 100; $13.00 per 1000. 



Hamburg Valley. Good for Easter forcing and late forcing. $11.00 per 1000; $25.00 per case of 2500' 



Write for prices on large lota. Send your order and let ub supply you all the year round. 

 FANCY CUT VALLEY ALWAYS ON HAND 



H. N. BRUNS, 1407-11 W. Madisoo St., Chicago 



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Lilium Philippinense 



Have you a stock of this fine lily for next season's requirements ? It 

 has been forced in 90 days and, with proper care, the bulb is in even better 

 condition for a second forcing. In the garden it will give you bloom in July 

 and August, when choice flowers are at a premium. This lily bulb is not 

 exhausted by one season's bloom, but, like the gladiolus bulb, can be of use 

 year aft«r year. 



The bulbs we offer have been grown in America one summer and are not 

 to be compared with freshly imported stock, which is usually very small and 

 shriveled. We prepay transportation charges to any part of the TJnited 

 States. 



Per dozen, $1.50; per 100, $10.00. Address 



CISHMAN GLADIOLIS CO., Sylvania, Ohio 



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the cycas plant to Europe. The firm of 

 .T. C. Schmidt, in Erfurt, who showed a 

 great interest in this article and who 

 obtaiiuMl it from Louis Boehmer, Yoko- 

 hama, more than nineteen years ago, had 

 me visit Jajjan as representative of Louis 

 Boehmer, for the special purpose of in- 

 teresting myself in the cycas plants. 

 Therefore, in the winter of 1889 I vis- 

 ited this island for the first time, since 

 which time I have paid it three more vis- 

 its, each time sending large quantities of 

 cycas plants to Schmidt at Erfurt. 



How th<: Market Was Stocked. 



Even though the price of this article 

 was reduced on account of the large 

 shipments to Germany, the prices of those 

 raised in greenhouses were still too high 

 to give them to the general public. On 

 account of this fact they got the idea 

 of cutting off the leaves at 0-Shima, dry- 

 ing and pressing them and sending them 

 to Germany, where they were again col- 

 ored, so as to resemble the original. They 

 had an enormous sale in Germany as well 

 as other countries, being shipped from 

 German factories. The height of the sale 

 of the plants was reached when the Ger- 

 man government put a duty of 250 marks 

 on 100 kilograms (equal to $50 on 220 

 pounds). It was, therefore, of im- 

 ])ortance that the people interested in 

 that industry should get as many of the 



STOCK SEED 



For Winter Bloomintr. Our strain of Doable 

 BranchinK Stocks is exceptionally true. 



About 90 per cent Double Flowers. 



In colors 'a-oz., 60c: oz.,$4 00 



Pure white ^-oz.,7Jc; oz., 5.00 



H. E. riSKE SEED CO. 



Vaneull Hall Square, BOSTON, MASS. 



cycas leaves in as possible before the 

 tariff was levied and it developed a mar- 

 velous activity on the otherwise quiet 

 island. A few people accumulated small 

 fortunes through this industry. 



On account of the European importers 

 overbidding each other, the Japanese 

 shippers took advantage of the situa- 

 tion and prices went up about 300 per 

 cent. The natural consequence was that 

 millions of cycas leaves got through be- 

 fore the tariff act took effect, so that 

 the want in (iermany was supplied for 

 several years. The inhabitants of 

 Amami O-Shima, who thought that this 

 would keep up, found that there was sud- 

 denly an end to it. The big presses and 

 sheds which were built for that pur- 

 pose are idle, have been for several years, 

 and will remain so until the trade on this 

 article picks up again. 



Lilies on Amami O-Shima. 



Meanwhile, nature has provided the 

 inhabitants with another industry and 



The Northboro Dahlia and Gladiolns Gardens offer 



1,500,000 Large Flowering Gladioli 



in miztureB. All premium stock of blooming 

 hge. 



Also 300 selected varieties of Dahlias. AlV 

 fleld-grrown roots. Send for list. 



J. L MOORE, - Northboro, Mass. 



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AMERICA 



Is conceded to be the peer of all Gladioli, 



$5.00 per 100; S40.00 per 1000. 



Finest stock of named varieties in the world. 



New trade list now ready. 



JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, Floral Park, N. Y. 



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it is that of growing lily bulbs, Lilium 

 longiflorum, the Japanese ' ' Teppo Yuri. ' ' 

 The shipping of these bulbs, which are 

 cultivated in greenhouses in Europe as 

 well as America, in very large quantities, 

 and are used by millions in America, es- 

 pecially during the Easter season, has 

 from year to year gained prominence and 

 developed a big industry in .Japan, as 

 well as in Bermuda, also the Isles of 

 Azores. The shipments from Japan alone 

 are from 4,000,000 to 5,000,000 of these 

 bulbs yearly, which .ire raised near Yoko- 

 hama and in the Province of Saitama. 



