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The Florists' Review 



August 6, 1914. 



OHr Motto: Tho BEST tho Markot Afford*. 



PLACE YOUR mrORT ORDERS NOW FOR FALL DELIVERY 1914 Lii. Gi..nt.um a.d Muitifiorum. 



p> .- HOHMANN'S LILY OF THE VALLEY, 



Pap*r Whit* Narcissus and Roman Hyaciatbt, 

 Dntek BalW, English Goldan Spur, 

 Azalaas, Palms, Rosas, ate. 



WRITE FOR PRICES 



CHA8. SCHWAKE & CO., inc. 



Horticultural Importoro and Exportors 

 90-92 WEST BROADWAYp NEW YORK 



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most cases the questions relate specially 

 to the shipments of bulbs which should 

 ordinarily come in during the next sixty 

 days. The seed trade has its fall bulb 

 books under way — in many cases ready 

 to mail. The question is, will it be pos- 

 sible to procure the stock and, secondly, 

 what will be the effect on prices! The 

 matter is urgent. 



The Bulb Situation. 

 V 



The French bulbs either have reached 

 New York or are afloat. The first ship- 

 ment of the season came in July 28 on 

 the Sant' Anna. The Venezia arrived 

 August 5 and the Patria is due August 

 12. The Germania sailed from Mar- 

 seilles July 28 and was on the Atlantic 

 before hostilities became acute. All the 

 French bulbs, therefore, should get in 

 safely and on time. 



The war comes just as the Dutch 

 bulbs are beginning to move. A small 

 shipment, mainly for S. A. F. conven- 

 tion exhibition purposes, was on the Eot- 

 terdam, which reached New York Au- 

 gust 3. The Potsdam sailed from Eot- 

 terdam August 1 with a few cases of 

 bulbs, but the season is about a week 

 late and the bulk of the crop is not yet 

 on the move. At the Chicago office of 

 the Holland-American line it was stated 

 August 5 that the schedule of weekly 

 sailings Rotterdam to New York will 

 not be disturbed, according to latest ad- 

 vices, but of course conditions are such 

 that assurances of this sort can have 

 little value. Of greater immediate im- 

 portance is the mobilization of the army 

 of Holland — it has taken a large part of 

 the workers out of the bulb exporters' 

 warehouses. All the young men belong 

 to the landwehr reserves; the crops are 

 in, but only the women and men over 

 45 are left to prepare them for ship- 

 ment, to care for the land and plant 

 next year's crop. Cable advices to a 

 large forwarder indicate serious delay 

 and a possible sharp reduction in ship- 

 ments. There is, however, another as- 

 pect of the case. Holland has lifted a 

 bulb crop of approximately 24,000 tons 

 (official figures show recent crops to 

 have been from 17,000,000 to 23,000,000 

 kilos). Great Britain ordinarily takes 

 one-third the Holland bulb crop, Ger- 

 many and Austria a quarter^ France a 

 tenth, and Russia an appreciable frac- 

 tion. The great countries now at war 

 use approximately two-thirds of Hol- 

 land's bulbs, while the United States 

 uses only about one-sixth. With Euro- 

 pean markets closed, or nearly so, what 

 will Holland do with its bulbs! If there 

 is transportation between Holland and 

 the United States it seems possible that 

 this country may be called on to take 

 this year a large part of the world's 

 supply of Dutch bulbs. 



Valley pips would not begin to move 

 for some weeks yet, and the greater part 

 of the crop is grown on small plots, 

 where the women, children and old men 

 do a large part of the work even under 

 normal conditions. But Hamburg will 

 be effectually sealed by the English 

 fleet. It probably is safe to base action 

 on the supposition that Germany will 



WAR IN EUROPE 



NO MARKET FOR BULBS 



* Some of our war prices f , o. b. 

 Rotterdam, C. 0. D. 



SINGLE HYACINTHS, 1st sizo bulbs 



Potgieter, blue $3.65 per 100 



Regulua, blue 8.26perl00 



Baronesse v. Thuyll. white 3.10 per 100 



L'Innocence, white 3.00 per 100 



Grandeur a Merveille, white 2,70 per 100 



Yellow Hammer, yellow 5.00 per 1 00 



Lord Balfour, violet 3.50 MsalOO 



Baron v. Thuyll, pink $3,40 per 100 



Fabiola, pink 3.00 per 100 



Gertrude, pink 2.70 per 100 



Gen, Pellssier, red 8.40 per 100 



Linnaeus, red, 4,00 per 100 



Robert Steiger. red 3,10 per 100 



Baron v, Thuyll. blue 4.10 per 100 



2nd SIza Forclna Hyaclntha, named varieties S22.00 per 1000 



Forcing Hyacinths, single mixture 9.00 per 1000 



Forcing Hyacinths, double mixture 10,60 per 1000 



TULIPS 



Due V. Tholl, any color $5.00 per 1000 



Chrysolora, yellow 3,30 per 1000 



Due de Berlin, scarlet 5,40 per 1000 



Due de Berlin, orange 5.40 per 1000 



La Heine, pink 2,20 per 1000 



L'Immaculee, white $3.00 per 1000 



Mon Tresor, yellow. . 6,40 per 1000 



Prince of Austria, red 5.40 per 1000 



Thomas Moore, scarlet 3.00 per 1000 



Yellow Prince, yellow 3,40 per 1000 



All Othar Variatlaa Cut 20 ta 50% 

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Lilium Formosum 



New crop, fine, plump, well 

 matured bulbs. 



7 to 9-iiich, 300 bulbs to case, $7.50 per 

 100; $65.00 per 1000. 



9 to 10-inch, 200 bulbs to case, $12.00 per 

 100; $100.00 per 1000, 



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DANISH SEEDS 



Cabbage, Cauliflower, 

 Carrot, Mangel, Swede 

 Turnip, etc. 



CHR. OLSEN 



Seed a rower 



(Established 1882) 

 ODENSE. DENMARK 



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PANSY SEED 



From tha Oldast Pansy Specialist 



C. SCHWANECKE 



OSCHERSLEBEN, GERMANY 



Established 1852 Per 



Schwanecke's Giant- flowered Improved 



Trimardaau $1.') 



Schwanecke's Giant-flowered Improved 



Caaalar -.i.'^ 



Schwanecke's Giant-flowered Improved 



aarmania 3. ^ 



Schwanecke's Giant- flowered Improved 



Buflmata 3.i'0 



Schwanecke's Giant- flowered Improved 



Odiar 2.'0 



Prica Llat Sant Fraa 



