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The Weekly Rorists' Review. 



FaBBUABT 26, 1909. 



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CAULIFLOWER Qq|||I 

 A B B A G E OUuU 



LILY OF THE VALLEY PIPS 



HJALMAR HARTMANN & CO. 



12 Stormgwie, Cepenhagan, Denmark. 



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Holland Bulbs 



Maathnli * Tan Alphen, wholesale bulb 

 frowers and exporters, Iiiaae, near Haarlem, 

 Holland. Superior quality, low prices. 



SoiJE Ahkbioan Aoint, 

 J. MECRKAMP VAN EMBDEN, ML Vernon, N.V. 



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English Grown Seeds 



Farm, Garden and Flower 8!?i!(lB of best qual 

 ity. Specialties : Oiant Fancy Pansy, saved iron: 

 named plants; Carrot, Onion, Brussels Sprouts 

 OabbaRe, Golden Ball Turnip. 



Price list free on application to 



THE BEDFORDSHIRE SEED CO., Ud. 



SAHDt, ENOL.ANT> 



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X.ABGK8T STOCK OV AIX 



BELGIAN PLANTS! 



ABsIeaSt Arancarias, Sweet Bays, 

 Palms, Begonias, Gloxinias, etc. 



LOUIS VAN HOUTTE, PERE 



GHENT, Belifiam. 



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Seed Trade News. 



AMEBICAll SBBD TBADB ASSOCIATION. 



Pres., WatsoB S. Woodrufl, Orange, Conn.; 

 First Vice-pres., J. 0. Robinson, Waterloo, Neb.; 

 Sec'y and Treas., O. E. Kendel, Cleveland. 

 Twenty- seventh annual convention, Niacara 

 Falls, Ont., June 22 to 24, 1909. 



W. E. Mabshall, New York, has been 

 calling on the gardeners at Lenox, Mass. 



Mail orders continue to make a splen- 

 did record as compared to March of last 

 year. The weather conditions are largely 

 responsible for it. 



The Eckfords, widely known for their 

 work with sweet peas, are extending their 

 operations as seed growers for the Eng- 

 lish trade, paying especial attention to 

 culinary peas. 



Onion sets are going out briskly; 

 there seems really no lunit to the de- 

 mand, especially in southern market gar- 

 dening localities. Naturally prices are 

 well held, for all holders feel that every 

 bushel is sure to be called for before the 

 end of the season. 



W. W. Babnaed Co., Chicago, has 

 stocked the store at 117 Fifth avenue, 

 acquired from the National Seed Co., 

 with a full line for retail trade and has 

 printed the address of the branch store 

 on its retail catalogue. The intention is 

 to push the counter business at this loca- 

 tion. 



It is stated that a large stock of sec- 

 ond quality crowns and planting stuff 

 was this season left on the hands of the 

 German growers of lily of the valley 

 pips for export and they are being put 

 back for stock purposes, so that, given 

 a favorable season this year, pips should 



Japanese L9j Bolbs and Plants 



Grown and Exported by 



RIHACHIRO TANOI 



Yokohama, Japan 



Catalogs for 1909 on apitUcathMi to representative 

 K. TAKEUCHl, - 478-A Boylston Street, BOSTON, MASS. 



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 -^ TO THK TRADE — 



HENRY METTE:, Qaedlmbors, Germany 



■^^^^^^^^^" (ESTABUSHXD IN 1787) 



Grower and Exporter on the very largest seale of all 



CHOICE VEGETABLE, FLOWER and FARM SEEDS 



Speoialtles : Baons, Beets, Cabbages, Carrots, Kohl-Rabi, Leeks, Lettuces, Onions, 

 Peas, Radlslies, Spinach, Turnips, Swedes, Asters, Balsams, Beconias, Carnations, 

 Cinerarias, Gloxinias, Larkspurs, Nasturtiums, Pansies, Petunias, Phlox, Primulas, 

 Scabious, Stocks, Verbenas, Zinnias, etc. Catalogue free ou application. 



HKNRT METTK'S TRIUMPH OF THS GIANT PANSIXS (mixed), the most 

 perfect and most beautiful in the world, ^.00 per oz.; $1.50 per H-oz.; 75c per 1-16 oz. Postage 

 paid. Cash with order. 



All seeds offered are grown under my personal supervision on my own grounds of 

 more tlian 8000 acres, and are warranted true to name, of strongest growth, finest 

 stocks and best quality. 1 also grow largely seeds on contract. 



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COLD STORAGE VALLEY 



Very finest grades of Hamburg Valley, for 

 shipment as desired. 

 Pmlt and Ornamental Stocks. 



French grown, best quality, carefully selected, 

 graded and packed. 



KngUsb Manettl Stocks. 



Grown especially for fiorists' use. 



Holland Plants. 



Roses, Peonies, Rhododendrons, Boxtrees, 

 Clematis, Conifers, etc. 



UlT Of the VaUey. 



Finest grades of Berlin and Hamburg for im- 

 port. 



For catalogs, specialoffers, etc., please apply to 



H. FRANK lARROW, 



Importer Wholesaler 



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



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Hasslach's Seeds 



SL Reniy de Provence, France 



Extensive grower of Aster, Stock. Phlox, 

 Hollyhock, Pepper, Beets, Carrots, etc. 



Write for price crop 1908, open to contract for 

 1909. 



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be cheap and plentiful and of the first 

 quality next fall. 



Onion seed still is offered cheap, but 

 it alb'o still is true that the cheaper the 

 offer the less certainty there is as to the 

 past and future of the stock. 



IMPORTS. 



The imports of seed through the port 

 of New York for the week ending Febru- 

 ary 13 were as follows: 



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



Annatto .. 328 | 4807 Grass 376 $4111 



Anise ISO 1624 Hemp 500 2062 



Caraway . " " 

 Celery . . 

 Clover . . 

 Coriander . 

 Cummin . 



250 

 30 



766 

 92 

 48 



2288 Millet 40 106 



409 Mustard 600 4605 



811 



18249 Poppy 190 



319 Rape 461 3085 



854 Other 3634 



In the same period the imports of 



bulbs, trees and plants were valued at 



$9,888. 



No.34i 



WIBbLTTS SNOWBALL ■ T^^?d^5xl 

 CAULIfLOWER.SCED P v^-^' ^^>- 



h ihr earliest of I 



all Snowballs, ihfi| 

 . most compact, the ' 



surest header, is 

 giving the largest and snow- 

 whitest heads, and is the 

 best keeper in dry-weatlier. 

 Demand it through your 

 seed-firm or direct from 



R. WIBOLTT, NAKSKOV. DtmUM] 



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HOLLAND BILBS 



A complete line of healthy, well-grown, well- 

 graded bulbs for fall delivery. 



VAN TIL-HARTMAN 

 HILLEGOM, HOLLAND 



Price list and full information from 



Jackson d Perkins Co.. 



Sole American Agents 



Newark - New York 



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UP-TO-DATE 



Azaleas and Rhododendrons 

 With Jean Bracke 



Loochriety, near Ghent, Belgium 



CATALOQUES FREK ON APPLICATION 



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IMPORTS OF POTATOES. 



English-grown potatoes are highly ap- 

 preciated on the other side of the Atlan-, 

 tic, says an English horticultural journal, 

 and as the result of this appreciation 

 they are annually shipped to the United 

 States in considerable quantities. This 

 season the exports are larger than usual, 

 owing probably to the low prices ruling, 

 and of these the larger proportion is 

 being sent from Holbeach, the center of 



