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The Florists^ Review 



OCTOBBB 10, lOia. 



H. FRANK DARROW 



F. O. Box ISSO 

 SI 86 Barclay St., NEW TORK 



ViUtrlfrHi nM itira^ fw iuietiite skipaeit 



Importer of 



Azaleas, Palms, Bay Trass 



and all other Belgian Plants, Lily of the Valley 

 of the finest Berlin and Hamburg brands. 



Japanese, Holland and french Bulbs 



FRENCH and ENQLISH 

 PRUIT and ORNAMENTAL STOCKS 



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VALLEY PIPS 



From Cold Stora^re 



now ready, in case lots of 1250 and 2500 to the 

 case. Price at race, $15.00 per 1000. 



AUGUST ROLKER & SONS, NEW YORK 



p. O. Box 782, or 31 Barclay St. 



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Late in the season there ' was much 

 rain. The onions did not stop growing.' 

 Many are too large for sets. It was 

 especially unfortunate for those grow- 

 ers who planted less than the prescribed 

 quantity of seed to the acre, as many 

 are doing nowadays, some as little as 

 forty-five to fifty pounds. After the 

 big onions are screened out there are 

 some remarkably fine sets left; on the 

 other hand, there are some lots that 

 show much dry rot. The marketable 

 quantity by planting time may be much 

 reduced. 



"The production of onion sets is on 

 the increase at Chicago; at Louisville 

 it is about stationary, but at Chilli- 

 cothe it is on the decrease. This year's 

 crop is not two-thirds the output at 

 Chillicothe six or seven years ago. 

 The land is worn out. Formerly we 

 had sets on some twenty-five of our 

 farms and Chillicothe had 80,000 bush- 

 els a year; now we grow sets on onlv 

 about eight of our farms and each 

 season grow a larger quantity under 

 contract at Chicago, where there is 

 plenty of good land and plenty of la- 

 bor. Various estimates place the num- 

 ber of set growers at Louisville at 

 from 500 to 700. Perhaps the half 

 dozen largest produce from 2,000 to 

 3,000 bushels apiece, the others much 

 smaller quantities, down to five or ten 

 bushels each." 



OOBN AND VINE SEEDS. 



That the sweet corn crop for seed is 

 more backward than he ever before has 

 seen it in his more than twenty years 

 of business experience is the opinion of 

 J. C. Eobinson, of Waterloo, Neb. When 

 asked to summarize the situation, Octo- 

 ber 4, Mr. Bobinson put it as follows: 



"After three weeks of wet, damp 

 weather we are finally having some 

 really good October days. Sweet corn 

 made no headway during these three 

 weeks and is more backward than we 

 have ever known it to be at this season 

 of the year. However, it has received 

 no material damage from the frost and, 

 with continued good weather, will prob- 

 ably dry down all right. The crop is 

 a large one in this immediate vicinity, 

 but the acreage is below normal in the 

 central part of the state, where the 

 earlier varieties are grown, and we have 

 not over fifty per cent of a crop. Flint 



-TOTHSTBADB- 



HENRY IVIETTE, aaedlinbin^, Gennany 



^^^^"""^^ (Established in 1787) 



Growar and Kxportar on tbe vary larcaat aeala of all ~ ^ v ■ ^.j . 



CHOICE VEGETABLE, FLOWER and FARM SEEDS 



■paolaltlast Baana, Beets. Cabbages, Carrots, Kohl^labl, Leeks. Lettuces. Onions, 

 Paas, Radlslias, Spinach, Turnips. Swedes, Astars, Balsams, Begonias, Camationi. 

 Cinerarias. Gloxinias, Larkspars. Nasturtiums. Panalas. Petonlas. Phlox. Primulas. Scabious, 

 Stocks, Verbenas. Zinnias, etc. Catalog ue free on application. 



HXMRT MJEl'i'E'S TRIUMPH OF THB GXAHT PAN8IB8 (mixed), the most peii- 

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 paid. Cash with order. 



All seeds offered are grown under my personal supervision on nty own vast STOundSt 

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

 crow larcaly saads on contract. 



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PLANTERS AMATEURS NURSERYMEN 



WRITE FOR OUR GENERAL ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE 



FURST'S NURSERIES 



'^ JETTE, BELGIUM 



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SOUND AN D 

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VAN GRIEKEN'S BULBS, 



mcb-crada Hyaclnfhs. ToUps. Narolsaaa, IT A VAN GRIFKHf 



Crocus, ate. Writa for Oatalocua. "*" ■**' UAILOBn, 



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Mai 



WHEN BUYINQ 



SEEDS 



(Oarden, Farm or Flower) 



Write to 



KELWAY & SbN, Langport, Eng. 



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14 Qold and 1 6 Silver Medals In 4 

 years for 



DELPHINIUMS 



Largest collection in Europe. 100,000 plants ready 

 to sell. Also seed of same. Lists free. 



PERRY'S HARDY PLANT FARM 

 iCnflaM. MIddlaaax, Enaland 



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O. & Th. De Raeve 



Chaussee d'Anvers 313-4^2 

 Mont St. Amand, Ghent, Bel£:luin 



Growers and Exporters of 

 Azalea Indica and Mollis, Rhododendrons, 

 BayiTrees, Arancaria, Kentia, Begonia, etc. 



Special prices upon request. 

 MmtioD The Review wh«> yoa writ*. 



corn will make from fifty to seventy- 

 five per cent of the average yield. For- 

 tunately, a good acreage was planted, 

 which will help out on this strain of 

 corn. Dent varieties are in splendid 

 shape, with one of the largest crops we 

 have had in several years. 



"The crop of cantaloupe seed, both 

 at home and at Bocky Ford, Colo., is 

 nearly harvested and cucumber seed 

 well under way. The crop will be a 

 fair average one, but not so large as 

 last year, with a smaller acreage. 



"Squash and pumpkin crops are only 

 . moderate and many fields have shown 

 an inclination to rot, thus forcing har- 

 vest a little prematurely and cutting 

 the yield down somewhat. 



"We eonBid«r the year's crop a rath- 







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If You Are Looking for Quality 



in Dutch Bulbs, we want your busi- 

 nesB — if not, we ask yon to kindly 

 ignore this advertisement. 



Gi* van Waver^n & Kruiffff 



Amxbioan Bbanoh Houbs 

 140 N. 13th Straat. PHILADELPH Jl. PA. 



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Gemum Stock Seeds 



A GRAND SPECIALTY 



Frloe list on appUcattoa 



PAUL TBCHB^ Striegau, Genniiy 



Oldast Special House 



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PEAS CROP 1912 



Our Hlsh-claas Stocka 



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