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The Florists' Review 



Ski'Tkmbrr 3». 1M4. 



ELLIOTT AUCTION CO. 



42 Vesey Street, NEW YORK, N. Y. 



ESTABLISHED IN 1860 



Will offer, September 15, a large consignment of Datch 

 bulbs along with foliage stock. The balbs are extra fine 

 and are of following varieties: Hyacinths, single, Grand 

 Maitre, Gertrude, Rose Amaranth, La Grandesse; Tulips, 



B. Van Thuyll, B. Morrow, La Reine, Yellow Prince, Keizerskroon, Murillo; Narcissus, 



Von Sion, G. Spur, Bic. Victoria. 



WM. J. ELLIOn, Auctioneer. 



CONSIONMCNTS SOUCITEO 

 SALC CATALOaUES ON RKQUCST 



in years and was ready to do a banner 

 season's business. The stock was prac- 

 tically ready for shipment when the war 

 came. The way the bulb exporters re- 

 sponded will go down in history. Every 

 available hand was turned to packing 

 and shipping and the celerity with 

 which great quantities were dispatched 

 exceeds everything in the previous rec- 

 ords of the trade. By the time the 

 cases were ready to move, the railroad 

 had been taken over for military pur- 

 poses and emergency conveyances were 

 necessary to move the bulbs from the 

 warehouses to Rotterdam. It was in 

 this that the greatest difficulty was en- 

 countered, but canal boats, wagons and 

 motor trucks all were called into serv- 

 ice. How difficult and costly the work 

 was is shown by the carriage charges 

 assessed against some of the shipments 

 that arrived last week. One importer 

 who received a shipment with freight 

 from Hillegom found that it cost near- 

 ly twenty-five per cent more to bring 

 the 115 cases the short distance from 

 Hillegom to Rotterdam than it did the 

 long journey from Rotterdam to New 

 York. 



After a considerable part of the bulbs 

 had been rushed to Rotterdam by what- 

 ever means was available, it appears 

 that the railroad again began to han- 

 dle freight in a more or less regular 

 way, so that the shippers now expect 

 to move practically the entire crop. 



THE WAB SCARE IN HOLLAND. 



The full extent of the war scare in 

 Holland probably can not be appreci- 

 ated in the United States, but some 

 idea of the seriousness of the situation 

 can be gathered from the statement 

 current in Europe that it is proposed 

 "to destroy one-third the crop" of 

 bulbs in Holland. The following is 

 Summarized from the Gazette de Hol- 

 land : 



"The bulb growers are to be paid 

 lower wages, and it is proposed to de- 

 stroy one-third of the crop. It is cer- 

 tain that the war will do much damage 

 to this branch of industry, yet whether 

 this will be in the same proportion as 

 in other businesses may be doubted. If 

 we turn to the figures for last year we 

 find that the total export amounted to 

 24,960,900 kilograms. It is expected 

 that the exportations to Great Britain, 

 Germauv, Russia, France and Belgium 



BODDINGTON'S 



QDALITY FRENCH BULBS 



FOB IMWEDUTE DEUVEBY 



QUALITY BRAND PAPER WHITE 

 NARCISSUS GRANDIFLORA 



100 1000 5000 10.000 



13 centimeters and up, runniiiK about 1250 to the case $1.00 $ 0.00 $42.50 $80.00 



14 centimeters and up, 1000 to the case 1.25 10.00 48.50 Q5.00 



QUALITY BRAND FRENCH ROMAN 



HYACINTHS 



Romans are an indispensable flower from Thanksgiving until Easter. We import only stock 

 true to size, and well ripened bulbs. Extra early delivery our specialty when so desired. 



100 I'HKl 



White. 11 to l.i centimeters, 211X1 bulbs in a case H.SO J:«.75 



White. 12 to 15 centimeters. 'Quality Brand," 19«)0 bulbs in a case ;{.75 :''0.60 



White. i:i to 15 centimetfrs. "Quality Brand," ICOO bulbs in a case 4.25 lo.OO 



LiRht Pink Romans. 12 to lo centimeters 2.75 'i.'>.60 



Light Blue Romans. 12 lo 15 centimeters 2.25 JO.OO 



White Italian. 12 to 15 centimeters 2.75 -''>-50 



FREESIA REFRACTA ALBA 

 QUALITY BRAND 



~~"^^"^^~~~~"~~"^~^~^ 100 I'i'iO 



Bulbs, ■'h to »fl inch in diameter .,.10.76 $ (iOO 



Mammoth Kulbs. '-j to -H inch in diameter 1.00 7.50 



Monster Bulbs, 'h inch and up in diameter 1.25 1'>-00 



.Jumbos 1.50 1 -'.0^ 



FREESIA PURITY 



Flowers are snowy white, of large size, and borne in groat profusion on long stem.s. Fif>t 

 size, $1.7.'. per ICo; $ir).oO per KXO. Second size, $l.-2.5 per 100; $10.00 per 1000. 



NARCISSUS-FRENCH-GROWN 

 SILVER SPUR 



(For Early Flowering) 



Do Not Confuse These With French Trumpet Majors. From the reports of tests on Bulbs 

 sent to some leading growers last year, we decided to import for this season a large quantity o' 

 the French-grown Silver Spur, and offer them until sold as follows. To be successful, plant eiin>- 



SILVBR SPUR (French srrown). Extra quality, 

 •8.60 per 100; $24.60 per 1000 



THESE PRICES ARE FOR THE TRADE ONLY 



ilRTHUR T. BODDINGTON„<irf<Xt. New York 



