Alliisx 2G, 1900. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



37 



FOR 



SEEDS 



of all kinds apply to 

 W. W. JOHNSON & SON, Ltd. 



BOSTON, ENGLAND 



MentiOD The Keview when you write. 



40,000 Delphiniums 



Now coming into flower, the linest in Europe, 

 every plant 50",, better than those you can huv 

 on the Continent. Lists free. 



PERRY'S HARDY PLANT FAR/U 



■NriELD. MIDDLESEX, ENGLAND 



Mention The Review when you write. 



new Anieiioan specific rates of duty on 

 bulbs. Tlic practices which unprincipled 

 ])ersons are said to have employed to 

 <lefeat the ad valorem duty mIU now 

 be done away with and the reduction 

 effected on tulips of the better varieties 

 is expected to result in an increase in 

 demand whii-h will eventually be re- 

 flected in better prices in Holland. 



The tulips this year appear to be a 

 quite satisfactory crop in all bulb dis- 

 tricts, but hyacinths have not come up 

 to e.xjiectations. Narcissi are a fine crop 

 and crocus generally is good. 



ONION IN CONNECTICUT. 



Watson S. Woodruff, who was last 

 year president of the American Seed 

 Trade Association and who is a member 

 of the firm of S. D. Woodruff & Sons, 

 Orange, Conn., has been much interested 

 in the pictures of Ohio and Illinois onion 

 fields for seed recently published in this 

 <lepartmcnt of the Review; in fact, he 

 was so deeply interested that lie went 

 out to one of his own fields and took a 

 ]ihotograph, August 14, just to see how 

 tlie pictures would compare. He says 

 the result is such that he has for the 

 present at least given up all thought 

 that Connecticut is about to be eclipsed 

 as a seed growing state for onion. And 

 this is Avith a crop about which he says 

 he does not feel they can brag at all 

 this year. 



Mr. Woodruff says he does not wish 

 iu the least to disparage the efforts of 



TO THK TRADE 



HENRY MEHE, Qoedliobors, fiermany 



^^^^^■■■^^^^~ (Established in 1787) 



Grower and Exporter on the very largest scale of all 



CHOICE VEGETABLE, FLOWER and EARN SEEDS 



Specialties : Beans, Beete, Cabbagfes, Carrots, Kobl-Kabi, Leeks, Lettuces, Onions, 

 Peas, Radishes, Spinach, Turnips, Swedes, Asters, Balsams, Begonias. Carnations, 

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

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



HENRT METTE'S TRIUMPH OF THE GIANT PANSIES (mixed), the most 

 perfect and most beautiful in the world, 95.00 per oz.; $1.50 per 14-0Z.; 75c per 1-16 oz. Postage 

 paid. Casb with order. 



All seeds offered are grown under mr personal supervision on my ovm (rounds of 

 more than SOOO acres, and are warranted true to name, of strongest growth, finest 

 stocks and best quality. I also srow^ largely seeds on contract. 



Mention The Keview when you write 



Eminent Novelty 1909, New hardy yellow border Carnation 



Comtesse Knuth 



Splendid cut tlower from 

 .hily to Noveiiil>er. Strong 

 layers, $20 per 100; vie 

 orous cuttings. $15 per 

 100. I'rice on larger 

 <iuantities on application 



LILY OF THE VALLEY PIPS, price on application. 



HJALMAR HARTMANN & CO., COPENHAGEN, DENMARK 



Mention The Review when you write^ 



PANSY SEED— English Grown 



Per oz. lb. 

 Large Flowering, Show and Fancy.. .$1.00 $12.00 

 Giant Fan(^7, mixture of best torts.... 2.00 24.00 

 Giant Fancy, very special, 3 and 5- 

 blotcbed, saved from bebt blooms 



only 5.00 



Giant Fancy, saved from named plants 8.00 

 Cash with order. Carriage paid. 



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



auyouc who may want to try his hand at 

 sotHl tjrowing, but that really the heads 

 of onion seed must bo large and close 

 together to produce a crop that ■will 

 ]iay a living profit ; when one almost has 

 need of the proverbial fife and drum to 

 call the heads together, there is nothing 

 in the crop to pay for time and bother. 



THE nXITY OF SWEET PEAS. 



Ecgarding the English controversy on 

 the fixity of sweet peas and the Syden- 

 ham versus King challenge, referred to 

 in my notes on sweet peas, iu the Ee- 

 viEW' of August 12, I am now able to 

 give particulars more fully. Tlie chal- 

 lenge was made by R. Sydenham, of 

 Birmingham, and stipulated that he 

 would give £10 to gardening charities 

 and all expenses of the trial if there were 



5^%^^ •:*';-?-- 



wwmmmmm 



'^^ 



i^"' 



m 



What Old Connecticut Can Show for Onion Seed. 



(Photojrapheil August 14, 190H on the farms i>f S. D. WoodiiitT A: Sons, oranpre. Conn i 



COLD STORAGE VALLEY 



Very finest grades of Hamburg Valley, for 

 shipment as desired. 



Greenliouse Plants. 



Azaleas, Araucarias, I'alms, etc., ol very iiest 

 quality. 



EncUsli Manettl Stocks. 



Grown especially for florists' use. 



Holland Plants. 



Roses, Peonies, Rhododendrons, Hoxtrees. 

 Clematis, Conifers, etc. 



LUy of the VaUey. 



Finest grades of Berlin and Hamburg for 

 import. 



For catalogues,BpecialofTers,etc.,please apply to 



H. FRANK DARROW, 



Importer W^holesaler 



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



Mention T'^u Keview when you write 



F. J. Grootendorst 

 & Sons 



BOSKOOP, HOLLAND 



Azaleas, Rhododendrons, Clematis, 

 Roses, pet-grown plants for forcing. 

 Biixus, Conifers, Japanese Maples. 



Shrubs, Palms, Bulbs, Etc 



A postal brings our catalogue. 



LET US QUOTE PRICES 

 ON YOUR LIST OF WANTS 



Mention The Keview when you write. 



Wanted 



by you — 



Ar«r polymorphnni 

 Axalea .Mollis 

 Azalea Pontira 

 Box trees 

 Clematis 

 Conifers 



Uielytra Spertabilis 

 Hrdrangea pan. Kr. 



Kaliiiias 



.MaKnoliai 



Peonies 



Bhododentlrons 



Spruces I Kosteri i 



Shrults 



Kttsei, etr., etc. 



And can be had at very reasonable prices from 



W. VAN KLEEF & SONS 



Wholesale Growers of Nnrsery Stock 



BOSKOOP, HOLLAND 



^ways mention the Florists' Revtfl'W 

 ^w^hen ^^ntiuK advertisers. 



