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42 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Decembeu 23, 1909. 



Comniittee on Expenditures in the De- 

 partment of Agriculture. This is con- 

 sidered as one of the dead committees, 

 but Mr. Moss expects to inject some life 

 into it. He will insist, when the commit- 

 tee meets, that one of the best ways to 

 lop off the expenses will be to stop tho 

 free seed distribution. He will follow 

 this up by introducing a bill and speak- 

 ing on it in the House when the oppor- 

 tunity offers. 



VALLEY PIPS. 



On the steamer President Grant, from 

 Hamburg, arriving at New York De- 

 cember 16, there were the following con- 

 signments of lily of the valley pips: 



Consignee. Cases. 



narrow, H. F 136 



Hagemann, W., & Co 377 



Knautb, Nacliod & Kubne 26 



r.uiiham & Moore 245 



McHutchlson & Co 5,085 



Maltus & Ware 13 



Stern, S 64 



Thorburn, J. M.. & Co 36 



Vandegrltt, F. B., & Co 100 



To order 192 



Total 6,274 



ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO. 



The wholesale prices of garden seeds 

 100 years ago were, at the lowest, 300 

 per cent higher than prices for the same 

 seeds at present ; really, in many cases, 

 500 or 600 per cent higher than at 

 present and, in the case of spinach, 1,000 

 per cent higher. In proof of all this, I 

 have before me a copy of a bill against 

 Samuel Clarkeson Co., Natchez, Miss., 

 April, 1819, in which bill the wholesale 

 prices are as they appear in the first 

 column. The second column shows the 

 percentage of cost over the present usual 



wholesale prices. 



Per Cent. 



Beans, Brown Valentine, per bu $ 8.00 250 



Cabbage, Early York, per lb 3.00 300 



Squash, Long Green, per lb 1.00 300 



Carrot, Long Orange, per lb 1.50 350 



Onion, Yellow, per lb 2.00 350 



Pea, Marrowfat, per bu 8.00 400 



Pea, Early Frame, per bu 12.00 400 



Radlsli, Scarlet Turnip, per lb 1.00 400 



Radish, Black Spanish, per lb 1.00 400 



Radish, Long Salmon, per lb 1.00 400 



Cantaloupe, Nutmeg, per lb 2.00 500 



Head lettuce, fine, per lb 2.00 500 



Beet, Long Red, per lb 1.50 500 



Parsnip, Hollow Crowned, per lb .. . 1.00 600 



Lettuce, Green Coss, per lb 3.00 700 



Turnip, Early Dutch, per lb 1.50 700 



Spinach, Round Seeder, per lb 1.00 1,000 



And the charge for strapping box and 

 porterage was $2. 



But even under these , excessive prices, 

 there was no greater profit than there is 

 now, as the cost of seeds was 300 to 400 

 per cent greater than now, as for ex- 

 ample: Beet, lettuce, cantaloupe, cu- 

 cumber, and onion seed brought the seed- 

 farmer $1 per pound, while peas and 

 beans brought the grower $6 or $7 per 

 bushel; consequently, in spite of the 

 prices obtained 100 years ago, the per- 

 centage of profit did not bring the mer- 

 chant any greater gain than do the 

 present prices; whereas, now the greater 

 field for business and the greater ability 

 of people to buy is as twenty to one, 

 therefore, no one wishes to return to 

 the conditions of olden times. 



Burnet Landreth. 



THE SITUATION IN HOLLAND. 



The Holland bulb and seed growers 

 have contended with unfavorable weather 

 conditions ever since the spring of this 

 year, and conditions have not yet changed 

 in their favor. At the end of November 

 much anxiety resulted among the bulb 

 growers because of the sharp frost and 

 the prospect for an early advent of win- 

 ter. The season for planting having 



Bridgeman's Seed Warehouse 



KstabllBtaed 1824. RXCKABDS BROS., Props. 



Importers and Growers of HlKb- grade 



SEEDS, BULBS, PLANTS, Etc. 



87 East 19th Street, Telephone 4285 Gramercy NEW YORK CITT 



GIANT SNAPDRAGONS 



Tou can plant ■otblnsr more profitable in the Bpace vacated by the mums. Plant right in tbe same 

 soil, after aading a little Done or sheep manure. We have a fine lot of plants grown for this special 

 purpose; Dice bushy plants, from 8 in pots, ready to come riKht up in blot m in short time. White, 

 yellow and pink, at $2 00 per 100; $18.00 per 1000. PANSIKS, Imperial Giant strain, stocky, field- 

 grown, fine for cut flowers $3.50 per 1000. 



Cash, please, or in exchange for Geraniums, Gladioli, Dahlias, etc. 



IMPERIAL SEED A PLANT CO., Grange, Baltimore, Md. 



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XXX SEEDS 



ALTSSUM COMPACTUM, most dwarf and 



compact variety grown, perfect balls when 



grow n in pots, pkt., 20c. 

 PKTUNIA STAR, improved, finest marked 



flow ers, very fine, pkt., 20c. 

 PETUNIA GIAMT, single fringed, large and 



floe, pkt , 20c. 

 PHLOX DRUM. PUMILA, very dwarf, grand 



f or n ets, flne colors, pkt., 20c. 

 COLEUS, New Hybrids, finest colors, pkt., 



20<!. 

 GIANT PANST, finest grown, critically select- 

 ed 6000 »eed8. tl.OO: ^ pkt., 50c; oz., $2.50. 

 CHINK8K PRIMROSE, finest grown, single 



a nd d oable. 500 se rds $1.00; ^ pkt.. 50c. 

 PRIMUI.A KEWEN8IS, the grand, new, 



sweet scented, Tellow Primrose, pkt., 20c. 

 VERBENA, Improved Mammoth, finest 



gianis grown, mixed or separate, of white, 



scarlet, pink, striped and Auricula-eyed, 



large trade pkt., 25c. 

 OXnEHARIA, large flowering dwarf mixed, 



1000 seeds, 60o.: ^ pkt.. 26c. 

 CTCUkJOEN GIGANTBUM, finest gianta. 



mixed, aoo seeds, $1.00; Ht pkt., 60c. 



OASH. Liberal extra count. 



lOHN F. RUPP/ Shiremanstown, Pa. 



BUPPTON : The Hom« of Primroaca 



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OUR SPECIALTY 



Next fall wiU be 



Lycoris Squamlgera (Amaryllis Hallii). 



Home-grown Liliums. 



All varieties of Oerman and Japan Iris. 



Write for prices. 



JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, Horal Paii. N. Y. 



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CENTRAL SEED AND BULB CO. 



WHOL.ESAUE GROWING 



OUT-OF-DOOR BULBS 

 52 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO 



Gardens at Benton Harbor, Mlcli. 



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RAWSON'S 



ArlinKton Tested 



^■y ^ for the 



cet.i.^esbeeasrLORisT 



mMled free 



W. W. RAWSON & CO., Seedsmen 

 5 Union St., BOSrON, MASS. 



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LILIIM GI6ANTEUM 



7/9, flne bulbs, ready for delivery from cold 

 storage as desired, $8 60 per 100; $80.00, 1000. 



SEEDS AND FLORISTS* SUPPLIES 



Money-saving-price-lists— Free. 



D.RU8C0NI,"*'c&%J^:^Ti.«. 



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WInter-floweriDgSwiet Pea Seed 



AU colors. Send for list. 



This trademark must be on each packet; if 

 not, send it back and order directly from tke 

 •rifiislsr sf All Wtatar-f Iswtriai Swstt Psas 



ANT. C ZVOUNCK, Bound Brook, N. J. 



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Surplus Bulbs 



HYACINTHS Per 100 



Doable Named $4JW 



Doable Unnamed 2.86 



SIncIe Unnamed 2.86 



DOUBLE TULIPS 



Imperator Rnbromm 2.26 



Bex Rnbronun 1.66 



Superfine Mixed, early 76 



SINGLE NARCISSUS 



Princepa Maximna 2.S6 



Golden Spur 1.76 



Poetlona Barbldsli 50 



DOUBLE NARCISSUS 



Albo Pleno Odorato .60 



Ton Sion, true Daffodil 1.00 



Ton Slon, double nose 1.80 



Mixed 80 



Polyaathas Narcissus Mixed 86 



To secure these prices, must meution this paper. 



JAMES YICK'S SONS, Rochester, N. Y. 



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Surplus Bulbs 



To close out. Best stocks. 



Per ICOO 



UNNAMED HYACINTHS $18.00 



Miniature Hyacintlis 12.00 



VON SION NARCISSUS, Ist size 9 00 



double crown.. 14. OC 

 LILT VALLEY, best eariy forcing 12.00 



W. C. BECK CRT, Seedsman 



Nortbslde, PITTSBURG, PA. 



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LILIES 



Lilinm Tennifoliom, Lillnm Wallace!, Single 

 and Doable Tigers, named Elegans. Gendao 

 Irla. Delphinium Formosam. 



E. S. MILLER 



Wadinf River, Longf Island, N. T. 



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