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JUNB 15, 1911. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



43 



Holland Bulbs 



R. van der School A Son 



HILLEGOM, EstabUsbed 1880 HOLLAND 



OWNERS AND CULTIVATORS OF NEARLY 500 ACRES OF BULBS. 



Lowest prices on application now. Bulb Catalogue ready. 



SUPPLIERS TO THE AMERICAN TRADE SINCE 1840 



Mention The Kevlew ytben you write. 



FOR 



SEE 



of all kinds apph^j 

 W. W. JOHNSON & SON, Ltd. 



BOSTON. ENGLAND 



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of $8,430,508 more than we sent abroad. 



The government figures of total seed 



exports for the last five years are: 



Year. Value. 



1910 $ 3,486,418 



1009 5,266,623 



1908 8,683,688 



1907 10,094,609 



1906 8,012,662 



The government made up the totals 

 of the last two years as follows: 



Kind 

 of seed. 



1909. 



Cottonseed $ 632,'561 



Flaxseed 1,092,639 



Clover 1,706,780 



Timothy 1,009,667 



Other grass 474,519 



All other 340,667 



-Value- 



Total $5,256,623 



1910. 

 $ 406,120 

 118,329 

 832,676 

 1,116.626 

 601,611 

 411,152 



$3,485,418 



COMMERCE IN SEEDS. 



The imports and exports of seeds for 

 the month of April this year and last, 

 according to government statistics, were 

 as follows: 



IMPORTS. 

 1911 r $1,938,024 



1910 2,797,581 



KXPORTS. 



1911 $110,762 



1910 317,491 



IMPORTS. 



The imports of seed through the port 

 of New York for the week ending June 

 3 were as follows: 



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



Anise 331 $3,302 Fennel 60$ 746 



Canary 350 1,617 Fenugreek .. 53 176 



Caraway 500 2,456 Grass 375 3,990 



Cardamom .. 34 1,317 Mustard 180 912 



Clover 200 5,419 Poppy 200 1,334 



Cummin 20 261 Other 1,615 



In the same period the imports of 

 bulbs, trees and plants were valued at 

 $6,964. 



IOWA SEED DEALERS MEET. 



Over his objections, Charles N. Page 

 was re-elected president of the Iowa 

 Seed Dealers' Association for the sixth 

 term at its meeting at Des Moines last 

 week. Other officers also were re- 

 elected as follows: Vice-president, 

 Henry Field, Shenandoah; secretary, B. 

 H. Adams, Decorah; treasurer, John P. 

 Hamilton, Cedar Rapids. There was an 

 attendance of about twenty-five. Dis- 

 cussion of trade affairs was behind 

 closed doors, but public addresses were 

 made by several of those connected 



CHOICE 



FOR FLORISTS 



Special Strains of < 



CYCLAMEN, PANSIES, PRIMULA. Etc. 



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WATKINS & SIMPSON, LU 



18 TaTistock Street, Ck>Tent Garden, London, Eng^. 



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-TO THK TRADE- 



HENRY IVIETTE, Onedlinbm^, Geimany 



■^■^^^^^■^^^ (Established in 1787) 



CSrower and Exporter on the very largrest scale of all 



CHOICE VEGETABLE, FLOWER and FARM SEEDS 



Specialties: Beans, Beets. Cabbages, Carrots, Kohl-Rabi, Leeks. Lettuces. Onions, 

 Peas, Radishes, Spinach. Turnips, Swedes. Asters, Balsams, Begonias. Carnations, 

 Cinerarias. Qluxinias, Larkspurs. Nasturtiums, Pansies, Fetunlas. Phlox. Primulas, ScabiouB. 

 Sto cks, V erb enas, Zl nniaa, etc. Catalog ue fre e on application. 



HKNBT MXTTK'S TRIUMPH OF THE GLANT PANSIES (mixed), the most per- 

 fect and most beaatlfnl in the world. 15.00 per oz. ; $1.50 per ^ oz.; 7do per 1-16 oz Postage 

 paid. Cash with order. 



All seeds offered are grown under my personal supervision on my avm. vast srotrnds, *' 

 and are warranted true to name, of strongest growth, finest stocks and best Quality. I also 

 _ grow larg;ely seeds on contract. J 



Mention The Review when you write. 



VAN GRIEKEN S BULBSj well selected 



^Suf:^S.=^^^,SSfo^^&?SS"e?'""' LEO VAN GRIEKEN, Lisse, Holland 



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AUGUST ROLKER & SONS 



Importers of Araleas, Rhododendron!, 

 Palms, Araucarlas, Bays, Box, Roses, 

 Camellias, florists' Bulbs, nurserymen's 

 Trees and Shrubs, etc. For lists, address 



P. 0. Bm 752, or 31 Bwdiy St, NEW YORK 



Gennan Stock Seeds 



A GRAND SPECIALTY 



Price list on application 



PAUL TElCHBt, Striegau, Germany 



Oldest Special House 



