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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



Januabx 13, 1910. 



of the seed trade to distinguish them- 

 selves, but it is stated that "fine writ- 

 ing" will not be considered; ideas are 

 what is wanted. 



The Amzi Godden Seed Co., Birming- 

 ham, Ala., has a cut flower department 

 that is doing a large business. 



European seeds are now arriving by 

 every boat, but it will be later than ever 

 before the season's imports are all in the 

 warehouses. 



COMMERCE IN SEEDS. 



According to the United States Treas- 

 ury Department, the foreign commerce in 

 seeds in November of the last two years 

 reached the following totals: 



Imports. November. 1908 H'^'^ 



Imports, November. 1900 HIa'^ 



Exports, November. 1W8 HMf 



Exports, November, 1909 3,690,813 



IMPORTS. 



The imports of seeds through the port 

 of New York for the week ending -De- 

 cember 25 were as follows: 



Kind. Pkgs. Val. Kind. Pkgs Val. 

 Annatto ... 18 1 116 Hemp ... 100 I 684 



Anise 19B 1.462 I^ycopod'm 10 W6 



Cardamom.. 28 2,82T Millet ^14 



Clover 656 19,296 Mustard . .2,278 19,120 



Ctorlander ..121 781 Poppy ... mt 8,049 

 Fennel .... 61 486 Rape .... 170 1,801 

 Orasa 180 1.864 Other 42,242 



In the same period the imports of 

 bulbs, trees and plants were valued at 

 $17,652 ; peas, $7,671, and beans, $21,432. 



The imports of seeds through the port 

 of New York for the week ending Jan- 

 uary 1 were as follows: 

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



Canary . . 406 $ 1,114 Grass 491 $ 7,496 



Caraway.. 300 2,029 Hemp 100 526 



Cardamom 5 380 Mustard ...400 4,057 



Castor ...6,826 30,239 Poppy 80 600 



Clover ... 102 3,078 Other 10,605 



In the same period the imports of 

 bulbs, trees and plants were valued at 

 $15,262 ; peas, $3,008, and beans, $340. 



VILL ENFORCE SEED LAV. 



Believing the pure seed law now on 

 the statute books of Tennessee has been 

 in force a sufficient length of time for 

 the dealers of the state to become thor- 

 oughly familiar with the provisions there- 

 of. Commissioner of Agriculture John 

 Thompson purposes to strictly enforce 

 this statute. He is sending letters to all 

 the seedsmen of Tennessee, inclosing 

 copies of the seed law, and calling special 

 attention to Sections 1-6 and 11-12. The 

 commissioner then adds this suggestion: 



* * This law has been in force for a suf- 

 ficient length of time for everyone to be 

 familiar with it, and we wish to urge 

 you, and all seed dealers in the state of 

 Tennessee, to comply with the new law in 

 every respect." 



The sections to which the commissioner 

 calls special attention define commercial 

 agricultural seeds, and set forth the pen- 

 alties for violations of the law. 



PROnTS IN ASTER SEED. 



A Portland newspaper gives the follow- 

 ing account of the results obtained by 

 G. S. Crego, aster seed grower, who not 

 long since removed from a Chicago sub- 

 urb to the vicinity of Portland : 



"The success of the experiment of a 

 local gardener in growing aster seed com- 

 mercially the past season was proven 

 when the crop was threshed this week, 

 and the gross profits were reckoned at 

 $2,150 from one acre of land devoted 

 to the flower garden. G. S. Crego, for- 



Stokes' Standard Seeds n* wer'^e.d. 



Wa offer yea these flower seeds knowing that their anality will make you wonder whether 

 they are not well worth double the price asked. 



Sfammoth Verbena tt. pkt. Oz. 



White, pink, scarlet, parple, each $0.80 $1.25 



Salvia (Scarlet Sage) 



Zurich, very dwarf (new) 60 5.00 



Clara Bedm an , or Bonfire 40 2.26 



Splendens, tall 25 1.26 



AlysBum 



Bentbami (Sweet AlysBum) 10 .16 



Benthami, Tom Thumb 10 .20 



Little Gem, or White Carpet 10 .26 



flazatile compactum, yellow 10 .20 



Lobelia 



ErinuB Crystal Palace compacta. Rich 



blue, flneat for flotista 26 1.26 



Erinus ipeoioBa (Crystal Palace). 



Dark blue, trailing 16 .60 



ErlnuB cracUia. Mixed 10 .85 



Prima Donna. Velvety crimaon 26 .86 



RoyalPurple 25 .85 



WhiteGem .20 1.00 



Asters Tr. pkt. Oz 



Queen of the Market, the earliest aster. 

 Sepitrate colorB, white, pink, crim- 



BOD, blue, purple, mixed 10.20 10.60 



Semple's Branching, late. Separate 

 colors, white, rose, orimson, laven- 

 der, parple, mixed , *. 30 1.00 



Petunia 



Blotched and striped 60 1.00 



Dwarf Inimitable. Fine for pots 50 l.oo 



PureWhlte , 15 .50 



Venosa. Veined varieties. . . 50 



Fine Mixed 15 .50 



GhoiceMixed , 25 .75 



'■•iants of California. Mixed 50 



Giant. Single-fringed 50 



Orandiflora fimbriata. Crimson, large- 

 flowering, single-fringed, very strik- 

 ing 60 



Large-flowering, double- fringed... .600 seeds, .76 

 Large-flowering, double mixed.... 500 seeds, .SO 

 New Snowball. Fine for pots tr pkt., 30c; oz. 1.50 



Send tor wholesale price list of vegetable and flower seeds. 



STOKES' SEED STORE, 219 Market street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



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DIRECT IMPORTATIONS 



Fron BELGIUM 

 Froi HQUAND 



AT FOREIGN GROWERS* PRICES 



From 6ERMANY 



Palms, Araucarias, Bay Trees, 

 Azalea Indica, etc. 

 Boxwood, Rhododendron!, 

 pot-grown Shrubs for forcing, 

 etc. 



Valley Pips. Early or late 

 forcing. 



from ENGLAND i^f?r'^''^"^"''^'='^'=*^''°- 



grafting. 



Cntm lAPiy Lilium Longiflorum Gigan- 

 riHH JUrflll teum, Multiflorum, etc. 

 full list Japanes*. Holland, Kncllali and rrencli Nursery Stock 



Write for catalogues, special „,--,. k „— , j«. n-i.. Our business is import and wholesale 

 lists, etc., mentioning the class RAFFIA loteonl - _ - . "^ 



of stock you are interested in. 



only. Don't write unless you use suffici- 

 ent to make direct separate importations. 



cHUTCHISON & CO. 



17 MURRAY STREET 



NEW YORK 



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SBGd 



CAULIFLOWER 

 A B B A G E 



LILY OF THE VALLEY PIPS 



HJALMAR HARTMANN & CO. 



iMfiiSSstraede 20, Copeahacea, Deaavfc 



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LILIES 



LUtna TeBnlfolinm, Llllnm Wallacel. Single 

 and Double Tigers, naaaed BlegaoB, German 

 Irla. Delphinlom lormoaom. 



E. S. MILLER 



Wading RiTcr, Long Island, N. Y. 



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Send for our new and complete 

 Spring 1910 Oatalogue. 



Full List Seeds, Bulbs, Plants. 



1. ■. BBBGBB * CO.. 70 Warraa St.. New York 



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raerly of Chicago, the originator of the 

 Crego aster, had the seed grown here 

 under contract. Mr. Crego was here at 

 the threshing, and carried away with him 

 seed, which, at the current price, would 

 yield the sum of $1,500. Seed of another 

 variety of aster is estimated to be worth 

 $500 more. 



"Besides this there were cut flowers 

 sold from the acre of asters to the 

 value of $150 during the summer, 

 which, with the heavy thinning of the 

 plants, lessened the production of seeds. 

 Mr. Crego, while visiting the Lewis and 

 Clark Exposition in 1905, was attracted 

 by the magnificent Crego asters sent 



COLD STORAGE VALLEY 



Very finest grades of Valley for shipment as 

 ieslred from New York. 



GREENHOUSE PLANTS 



Palms, Bay Trees, Fiona, Araucarias, Aspidis- 

 tras, etc., of choice quality. 



HOLLAND PLANTS 



Roaes, Peonies, Rhododendrons, Box OTreas. 

 Clematis, Oonlfers, etc., at low prices. 



LILY or THE VALLEY 



Finest grades of Berlin and Hamburg for 

 import. 



H. FRANK DARROW 



p. 0. B« 1250 26 Baitliy St. NEW YORK 



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German Stock Seeds 



A GRAND SPECIALTY 



Price list on application. 



PAUL TElCHBt, Striegau, Germany 



Oldest Special House 



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there by a McMinnville florist. He has 

 since became a resident of the state, 

 and chose the soil there as the kind best 

 suited to the production of the seed 

 of the strain of flowers that bear his 

 name, the local florist sharing in the 

 glory of assisting to produce the first 

 crop. ' * 



HERCULES ASTER. 



Herr Emil Goricke, of Niemberg, Ger- 

 many, near Halle on the Saale, who en- 

 gages with great enthusiasm in aster cul- 



