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Jdkb 17, 1909. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



37 



FOR 



SEEDS 



of all kinds apply to 

 W. W. JOHNSON & SON, Ltd. 



BOSTON, ENGLAND 



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Seed 



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HOLLAND BILBS 



A complete line of beslthy, well-rrowB, well 

 g:raded bulbs for fall dellrery. 



VAN TIL-HARTMAN 

 HILLEGOM, HOLLAND 



Price Hat and full information from 



Jackson it Perkins Co. 



Sole American Agenti 



Newark - New York 



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AULIFLOWER 

 A B B A G E 



LILY OF THE VALLEY PIPS 



HilALMAR HARTMANN & CO. 



Longangsstraede 20, Copenhagen, Denmark 



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PANSY SEED— English Grown 



Peroz. lb. 

 Large Flowering, Show and Fancy.. .91.00 $12.00 

 Giant Fancy, mixture of best ■orts.... 2 00 24.00 

 • fiant Fancy, very special, 3 and 5- 

 blotched, saved from best blooms 



only 5.00 



Olant Fancy, saved from named plants 8.00 

 Cash with order. Carriage paid. 



The Bedfordshire Seed Co., Ltd., Sandy, England 



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IMPORTS. 



The imports of seed through the port 

 of New York for the week ending June 

 .'5 were as follows: 



Kind. I'kgs. Val. 



(irass 219 |2,117 



.Millet 225 598 



Mustard 50 411 



2,239 Other 3,263 



202 



In the same period the imports of 

 bulbs, ti;ees and plants were valued at 



$4,187. 



DUTCH BULB TRADE. 



The following figures relate to the bulb 



trade of Holland during the years 1907 

 and 1908: 



1907. 190S. 



Imports from — Tons. Tons. 



United Kingdom 547 359 



United States of America 205 199 



t!ermany and Austria 48 37 



I'Yance, Belgium, Ital.v, Spain, 



Portugal and (Jreece 446 340 



Other countrieH 27 31 



Total 1,273 966 



Exports to — 



United Kingdom 6,341 5,029 



(Jermany and Austria 3,968 4,179 



Sweden, Norway and Denmark.... 1,049 1,183 



Russia 361 430 



France, Belgium, Italy, Spain. 



Portugal, Greece and Turkey... 71S 743 



United States of America 2,825 2,73(i 



Other countries 17 39 



Total 15,279 14,333 



A rapid advance in the volume of trade 

 has occurred since the year 1898, when 

 the imports amounted to only 552 tons, 

 and the exports reached 6,902 tons. 



' * In drawing conclusions from the 

 above figures," says the Horticultural 

 Advertiser (English), "it must be taken 

 into consideration that they comprise all 



Mushroom Spawn 



Read these unsolicited testimonials from a Grower 

 and a Gardener. 



From MR. THOS. JONES, 



PONDTAIL NUESKRV, FLEKT, HaNTS. 



I have no hesitation in saying with- 

 out exception yours is the best Spawn I have 

 ever handled. I state this after 40 years' 

 experience. 



From MR. C. MOORE, Thk Gakdens, 

 Frensham Place, Parnham, Surrey. 

 I am delighted with the Mushroom 

 Spawn. It has turned out the most pro- 

 ductive I have aver had, the beds having 

 yielded heavy crops for three months. 



■Write Us For Tarms- 



J. PITHER, Ltd. 



Established 25 years. UXBRIDGE, ENGLAND 



TO THB TBADK 



HENRY METTE, Qnedlinborg, fiermany 



^^^^^^^■^^^ (Established in 1787) 



Grower and Exporter on the very largest scale of all 



CHOICE VEGETABLE, FLOWER and FARM SEEDS 



Specialties : Beans, Beets, Cabbages, Carrots, Kohl-Rabl, Leekn, Lettucex, Onions, 

 Peas, Radlslies, Spinach, Turnips, iSwedes, Asters, Balsams, Begonias, Carnations, 

 Cinerarias, Gloxinias, Larkspurs, Nasturtiums. Pansles, Petunias, Phlox, Primulas, 

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



HKNRT MKTTK'S TRIUMPH OP THB QIANT P^NSIBS (mixed), the most 

 perfect and most beautiful in the world, 95.00 per oz.; 91.60 per ^-oz,; 76c per 1-16 oz. Postage 

 paid. Cash with order. 



All seeds offered are grown under my personal supervision on my o\en BTOunds of 

 more tlian 3000 acres, and are warranted true to name, of strongest growth, tinest 

 stocks and best quality. I also srow larsely seeds on contract. 



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Azaleas, Palms, BOX and Bay Trees '"'j^-jr/Tp-s 



august ROLKER & SONS, 31 Barday St., or P. 0. Box 752, NEW YORK 



, Imported 

 address 



Tills Season's Fresh 



Mushroom Spawn 



which is now being supplied by 



JOHNSON'S LIMITED 



Tbe Actual Makers 



is In splendid condition. All orders executed 

 from new i<tock only, last year's make being sold 

 out. The leading growers throughout the world 

 use our make. 



Correspondence invited for OVER-SEA ORDERS 



Special quotations for large quantities. Prices 

 and particulars on application to 



JOHNSON'S, Ltd. 



44 Bedford Row, London, Eng. 



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A good farmer is the wisest of all men, who, 

 with the plough, writes on the land the magnificent 

 book of human happiness. (B. P. G.) 



THE BEST CROPS OF ONIONS 



can be raised in the United States with 



"VARELA'S" 



Improved Bermuda Onion Seeds 



Limited production for 1909. Write soon to secure 

 some. My IMPROVED SEEDS are only obtain- 

 able through seedsmen and dealers in the U. S. If a 

 grower cannot get it from his seediman, write to me 

 and I will give you the names of many who can supply it. 



fEDERICO C. VARELA,<cY^ff;.Ta'?^., 



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F. J. Grootendorst 

 ft Sons 



BOSKOOP, HOLLAND 



Aialeas, Rhododendrons, Qematis, 

 Roses, pot-grown plants for forcing. 

 Buxus, Conifers, Japanese Maples, 



Shrubs, Palms, Bulbs, Etc. 



A postal brings our catalogue. 



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 ON YOUR LIST OF WANTS 



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COLD STORAGE VALLEY 



Very finest grades of Hamburg Valley, for 

 shipment as desired. 



Fruit and Omaunental Stocks. 



French grown, best quality, carefully selected, 

 graded and packed. 



BnKUsh Manettl Stocks. 



Grown especially for florists' use. 

 Holland Plants. 



Roses, Peonies, Rhododendrons, Boxtreei, 

 Clematis, Conifers, etc. 



UlT Of the VaUey. 



Finest grades of Berlin and Hamburg for in- 

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For catalogs, speclaloffers, etc., please apply to 



H. FRANK DARROW, 



Importer Wbolesalor 



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



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