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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



Janhaby 20, 1910. 



been less than nine years with the con- 

 cern, and several twenty to twenty-five 

 years. J. M. "Bridgeford, the general 

 manager, has been associated with Mr. 

 Watkins for seventeen years. 



The canners are asking for govern- 

 ment inspection and labeling of their 

 products, believing that such certificate 

 of purity will lead to larger sales. 



IMPORTS. 



The imports of seeds through the port 

 of New York for the week ending Janu- 

 ary 8 were as follows : 



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



Cardamom .. 16 $1140 Grass 255 $ 4756 



Celery 50 -"■ " "— 



Clover 30 



Coriander . . . 100 



Cummin 50 



Fennel 5 



704 Hemp 300 ' 1183 



611 Lycopod'm . 10 804 



297 Mustard ...300 1183 



090 Rape 13 64 



215 Other 13192 



In the same period the imports of 

 bulbs, trees and plants were valued at 

 $15,806; peas, $8,196, and beans, $29,727. 



A NEW GLADIOLUS. 



At the flower show of July 26, 1909, at 

 Haarlem, Holland, there was, among Other 

 important exhibits, a new gladiolus which 

 attracted great attention. It was shown 

 by P. Vos Mz, a florist of Sassenheim, 

 and called Lemoinei Pink Beauty. 



This gladiolus is, without doubt, an ac- 

 quisition of great importance. If planted 

 in the beginning of spring, it has stalks 

 over three feet in length as early as the 

 middle of June. The color of this flower 

 is deep pink, with a dark purple velvet 

 spot. The plant was grown from seed 

 some years ago by C. Van Tol, of Katwyk. 

 It flowers considerably earlier than the 

 sorts Lemoinei and Gandavensis. P. 

 Vos Mz, of Sassenheim, one of the great- 

 est exporters of cut flowers in Holland, 

 became owner of the lot for a good round 

 sum. 



It is generally agreed, here and else- 

 where, that this is a sort with a great 

 future. "When there are few flowers, just 

 when the need is most felt, this gladiolus 

 is in rich, full flower. 



During the present year this novelty 

 will be put on the.jnarket by P. Vos Mz. 

 C. J. Speelman Sons. 



CROSSING OF SWEET PEAS. 



I was much interested in the synopsis 

 of Mr. Cuthbertson 's paper on "The 

 Seeding of Waved Sweet Peas," as pub- 

 lished in the Eeview of December 30. 



I agree with Mr. Cuthbertson in his 

 opinion that sweet peas rarely, if ever, 

 cross accidentally. In making artificial 

 crosses it is necessary to take the bud 

 at an early stage of its growth — almost 

 as soon as it shows its color. You will 

 find almost without exception that an 

 advanced- bud has already fertilized it- 

 self. 



I have never seen honey bees working 

 on sweet? peas, but have seen bumble bees 

 doing so more or less, and these always 

 operate on a fully expanded flower, 

 standing with a foot on each wing, so 

 as to drink from the base of the pistil. 

 While they may carry away some pollen 

 on their legs, I do not believe it possible 

 to cross with another full blown blossom. 



Just what is causing the phenomenal 

 "breaking" in Spencers I do not know, 

 and I am not yet ready to venture a 

 theory. 



Occasionally, in the past, we have had 

 selections of grandifioras which we never 

 could "fix," even after five years of 

 constant work. We had a selection of 

 our own, similar to Eckford's Mrs. 



New 

 Crop 



Salvia Splendens 



or Scarlet Sag^e Seed 



Carefully crown and of biRb gennination. 



02. 



$1.00 



2.(» 



l.OO 

 .75- 



Large tr. pkt. 



SalTia SplendeiB (Scarlet Safe) 90.25 



per klb.S8.00. 

 Clara Bedman or 



Bonfire, per Hib., S6.50 80 



Mammoth Verbena, ^bite, piok, 

 Ecailet, yellow, purple or mixed 



(1000 seeds) .30 

 Myosotls TIctorIa, dwaif blue 20 



Petonia, Superb Buttled Giants, mx'd 1.00 



Large Flowerlnsr Double 

 Fringed, mixed (500 seeds) .75 



Giant Flowering Single 

 Fringed, mixed (600 seeds) .50 



Dwarf inimitable (Nana 

 Gompacta) 28 



Giant of California, mixed.. .50 

 Lobelia Erlnns Ciystal Palace Com- 



paeta, blue 25 



Stock Prineess Alice (Cut and Come 



Again). wbite 80 2.60 



Stock PiincfSB Alice (Cut and Come 



Again), mixed 80 



ThiDbergla (Black Eyed Susan) mx'd .10 



1.25. 



l.OO 



SALVIA SPLENDENS BONFIRE 



Tr. pkt. Oz. 



Alyssam—Bentbami (Sweet AlysEum) .10 .16 



Bentbami, Tom Tbumb 10 .20 



Little Gem or Wbite Carpet .10 .25 



AStEBS-Qaeen of the Market 



Dark Blue. 



LigbtBlue. 



Pink 



Crimson... 



White 



Mixed 



Three weeks 

 earlier than 

 other 

 . Asters 



Tr. pkt. 

 $0.20 

 .20 

 .20 

 .20 

 .20 

 .20 



2.80 

 .40 

 Oz. 



tO.60 

 .60 

 .60 

 .60- 

 .60 

 .60 



Our Complete Wholesale List tor Florists will be mailed on request 



JOHMSON SEED CO., 217 MARKET ST., PHILADELPHIA 



^ Mention The Review when you write. 



FLORISTS' FLOWER SEEDS 



Trade pkt. of about 1000 seedi. Oi. 



Aater— Extra Early Hobenzollern, white, rose. The Bride $0.20 $1.00 



Carlson's Branching (Invincible), white, lavender, pink, crimson, purple 20 1.00 



Giant Comet, The Bride, rose, yellow, blue, wbite, peach blosfom 20 1.00 



Vick's Branching, white, lavender, light blue, purple, crimson, pink, rose 20 1.00 



Queen of the Market, wbite, pink, light blue :.. .10 M 



American Beauty 20 l.SO 



Lavender Gem 20 1.60 



Snowdrift 20 1.50 



Antirrhinum— Giant, wbite, striped, scarlet, yellow, garnet 10 .40 



Fanay-Currie's International mixture 'a oz., $1.26; .60 8.00 



Giant Florists' Mixture Hoz., .60; .85 4L00 



Salvia— Splendens 15 1.0» 



Bonfire 25 2;0O 



Zurich 26 2.60 



Verhena— Mammoth, wbite, pink, purple, blue, yellow, scarlet 20 l.OO 



Send for new Catalogue and Trade Price List. 



CURRIE BROS. CO., Seedsmen and Florists, MILWAUKEE, WIS. 



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DIRECT IMPORTATIONS 



From BELGIUM 

 Froi HOLLAND 



AT FOREIGN GROWERS' PRICES 



From 6ERMANY 



Palms, Araucarias, Bay Trees, 

 Azalea Indica, etc. 

 Boxwood, Rhododendrons, 

 pot-grown Shrubs for forcing, 

 etc. 



Valley Pips, 

 forcing. 



Early or late 



ruu ust 



Write for catalogues, special 

 lists, etc., mentioning the class 

 of stock you are interested in. 



From ENGLAND g^fJi„^5Manetti, selected for 



Prflin lAPiy Lilium Longiflorum Gigan- 

 riVlli JMrHn teum, Multiflorum, etc. 

 Japanese, Holland, EncUsh and French Ntu-sery Stock 



t __ J-- Ti-i. Our business is import and wholesale 

 ■ K"°«S' °a'e jjpjy Don't write unless you use suffici- 

 ent to make direct separate importations. 



RAFFIA 



lots only. 



cHUTCHISON & CO. 



17 MURRAY STREET 



NEW YORK 



Mention The Review when you write. 



for spring or fall delivery. Importct 

 to order ; for prices, addreta 



Camellias, Palms, Box ani Bay Trees 



AUGUST ROLKER & SONS, 31 Baiday St, or p. 0. Box 752, NEW YORt 



Mention The neview when you write. 



LILIES 



LUfmn Tennlfoiiam, Lillom Wallace!. Single 

 and Doakis Tigers, named Elegans, Oerman 

 Iris. Delphinium Formosom. 



E. S. MILLER 



WadiBff Rirer, Lon^ Island, N. Y. 



OUR SPECIALTY 



Next fall will be 



LYCORIS SQUAMIGERA (Amaryllis Hallii.) 



HOME-GROWN LILIUMS. 



All varieties of German and Japcm Iris- 



Write lor prices. 



JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, floral ?mK N. Y> 



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