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The Florists ' Review 



OcroBKB 1, 19 ii 



Our Motto I Th« BKSt Vh« Marfc«t Att6rdm. 



riACE YOUR IMPORT ORDERS NOW FOR FALL DELIVERY 1914 



CHA8. 8CHWAKE & CO., inc: 



Hortlcultimil Importers and Kxportar* 

 t0.«2 WtMT BROADWAYp NIW YORK 



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Lil. GigaBtsnin mnd MalfifloraiB, 

 HOHMANN'S LILY OF THE VALLEY. 

 Papar Whit* Narcissus and Roman Hyaeiatkt 

 Dnt«li Bulbs, Envlisli Goldaa Spur, 

 Azalaas, Palms, Rosas, ote. 



WRITE FOR PRICES 



crop was a little better than average jand 

 the quality fair to good. 



FIEE LEADS TO SUIT. 



In its suit for $70,000 damages tiled 

 against the Boatmen's bank, of St. 

 Louis, the St. Louis Seed Co. states that, 

 as a result of the falling of the west 

 wall of the building occupied by the 

 Boatmen's bank and the Missouri Ath- 

 letic Club, March 17, the company's 

 business was damaged $16,000, part of 

 $500 cash was lost when the store col- 

 lapsed, a mailing list valued at $16,000 

 was damaged, a repair deposit of $2,000 

 on the quarters was forfeited, $5,077.32 

 , was expended in moving to a new loca- 

 tion, and a new, 10-year lease on another 

 buildiiig had to be contracted, which 

 compeTs ■ the company to pay $300,000 

 more rent in ten years. The seed com- 

 pany asserts that the Boatmen's bank 

 had ample opportunity between March 

 9, the day of the fire, and March 17, the 

 day the wall fell, to shore it up or 

 strengthen it. 



THE SEED SITUATION. 



Here is the view of a New York seed 

 house, covering the trade conditions as 

 they seem at the close of September: 



"There is no difficulty this season in 

 procuring French or Holland bulbs with 

 the exception that a great many firms 

 are being short-shipped from Holland, 

 not on account of the war but from the 

 fact that no Hollander supplies all bulbs 

 for which he takes orders and must nec- 

 essarily go to the large and small grow- 

 ers in his section to buy shortages. This 

 yedr the information we have is that 

 the Hollanders are not doing this, but 

 are selling and sending out their own 

 stock from the fact that they have no 

 money to buy other growers' stocks. 



"As to the seed question, there are 

 practically sufficient stocks of flower 

 seeds in this country to carry us over 

 another season even if none were shipped 

 from Germany or France. This also 

 applies to vegetable seeds, with few ex- 

 ceptions. Most seedsmen carry over 

 stocks of seeds which hold their ger- 

 mination sufficient for two seasons, to 

 cover themselves from such conditions 

 as are prevailing at the present time, 

 also from possible shortages. Then 

 again, the southern and California trade 

 require delivery of seeds from two to 

 three months earlier than they are re- 

 quired in the middle west and east. 



"As for sweet peas, stocks will be 

 scarce, but we think there will be suffi- 

 cient to go around, with few exceptions. 

 Of course the price of sweet peas has 

 been raised considerably in the last few 

 years. For instance, we used to sell 

 mixed sweet pea seed at wholesale at 

 25 cents per pound. Today one cannot 

 contract for much less than 40 cents or 

 50 cents per pound. The market price 

 today for mixed sweet pea seed, common 

 grandifloras, is 60 cents per pound. 



"It is recognized in the trade that 

 whdn business is poor in the United 

 States, the vegetable seed trade is good, 

 MB it ii supposed that many people grow 



EARLY-BLOOMING GLADIOLI 



Do you want the earliest-blooming free-flowering bulbs in the States? We 

 can supply you. These bulbs produce magnificent blooms fully three weeks 

 earlier than any so far grown in this country. Specially suitable for forcing. 



What Thay Did for Ua 



At the International Gladiolus Show, 

 in London, where the finest specimens 

 from England and Europe were exhib- 

 ited, ours look the President's Silver 

 Cup, the highest possible prize for 

 Gladiolus blooms. 



What Thay Will Do for You 



At any exhibition or flower show in 

 the United States, you can be sure of 

 winning all First Prizes for your 

 Gladiolus blooms if grown from the 

 bulbs we send you. 



Description of va|,rieties, prices, etc., free on application. 



DE RUYTER & HOGEWONING, - 



10.12 BROADWAY, NEW YORK 



Noordwyck, Holland 



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^NOTWITHSTANDING the mobiliza- 

 ^ tion in our country, we are harvest- 

 ing our seed crop under the most favor* 

 abia conditions, and we will be able to 

 supply the finost qualities to be had. 

 Ask for our quotations. 



FOR WHOLESALE ONLY 



Place your contract ordara for crop 191S 



with us. 



ZWAAN & DE WHJES SEED CO. 



Formerly TEN HAVE & E6ELS Stheemtfa, M\ui 

 Soad Orbwara and Saad Mai chant* 



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WAR CONDITIONS IN DENMARK 



HJALMAR HARTMANN & CO., COPENHAGEN, whose representative, 

 Mr. Einar Knutsson, just arrived ia the United States, report that they will 

 be able to till their seed contracts in full, and expect even a surplus. 



Orders placed NOW for Danish Seeds will in all probability be delivered 

 in due time, as the Danish strips sail under neutral flag. 



We are ready to make quotations and invite correspondence. 



cDiT-PTATTTPQ f Cabbagc, Cauliflower and Root seed; 

 bt^HitlALimb ^ g^jggg^ j^^^ ^^^ Lily of the VaUey ] 



LOECHNER 



pips. 



& CO., 11 WARREN STREET, NEW YORK CITY 

 Sole Acents for the United States and Canada 



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PANSY SEED 



From tha Oldaat Pansy Spaclallst 



C. SCHWANECKE 



OSCHBRSLKBEET, GERMAN7 



PerOz. 

 ...$1.60 

 ... 3.76 



EaUblished 1852 



Sch wanecke' a Oiant- flowered Improved 



Trlmardaau 



Sch wanecke' s Oiant- flowered Improved 



Caaslar 



Schwanecke's Oiant- flowered Improved 



Oemania . 



Schwanecke's Oiant-flowwed Improved 



Busnota. 



Schwanecke's Oiant- flowered Improved 



Odiar 



Plica Uat Sent Free 



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8.76 

 8.00 

 2.60 



DANISH SEEDS 



Cabbage, Cauliflower, 

 Carrot, Mangel, swede, 



Tamip, etc. 



CHR. OLSEN 



Seed Grower 



(Ertabllsbed 1882) 

 ODENSE, DENMAW' 



Contract Offers t,vd SH"' 

 pies at your Berrlc*- 



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Amer. 8ee4 Trade A««o- 

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