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SBPrKMBlCB 10, 1909. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



39 



.. WARD'S LILY BULBS 



f^fOt^ •) ^^* How Cbe»p, 



\]pC jj But How Oood. 



RALPH M. WARD & CO. 



12 W. Broadway, NEW YORK 



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CALLAS, Extra Fine 



Mammotli tubers, $10.00; 



First size, $7.50 



Prices on all first-clasB bulbs cheerfully given. 



F. W. O. SCHMITZ 



PRINCI BAY, NEW YORK 



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RUSCONI&-.' BULBS 



GICANTEUM and AURATUM 



Valley Pips, all cold storace 

 SEKDB AND FLORISTS' SUPPLIES 



Money-savinK price lists— Free. 



• IfUOvUllly CINCINNATI. O. 



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when harvested was 88.6, as compared 

 with 91.6 last month, 77.6 when harvested 

 in 1908, 77.1 in 1907, and a ten-year 

 average when harvested of 76.9. 



IMPORTS. 



The imports of seed through the port 



"t New ^'ork for the week ending Sep- 



teinhor 4 were as follows: 



Ixiiid. I'kgs. Val. Kind. I'kus. Val. 



Aiiiiatlo ... ;!0 $ 808 IVniiel .'J $ 64 



\"ise 14 86 ItMiuRreok ... :17 183 



< iraway , . 1T4.-| <).32ti (liass T.34 9105 



I inlamom . .'SO 1253 Ilerap 457 1570 



' i^^lor ....3425 12.S21 I.vco|)Odluiii .. :io 2781 



' 'ItT.v .30 472 Onion 23 1766 



' I'lver l;;,-, liaOO I'oppv S.SS 4077 



' "riandor .. 222 47r> Rape" 15 66 



(iiiiimln ...1«4 2022 Other 1S54 



In the same period the imports of 

 I'ulhg, trees and plants were valued at 

 -•i7..386. 



CAUSE OF DISEASES IN LILIES. 



J'he following letter has been received 

 ^•om Frank H. Henry, of Henry & Lee, 

 ■New York, who is at present on a visit 

 'f Japan, investigating the lily bulb busi- 

 "^ff' f^*'™ which we quote as follows: 



' Ijilium Formosum, multiflorums, and 

 I'liticularly giganteums, as a rule are 

 "ug much too green, or before the bulbs 

 [■aye thoroughly ripened down. Eeally, 

 {I IS a shame to dig and ship multiflorums 

 Defore September 15 from Yokohama, 

 =^"'1 to (rpt good bulbs that are mature 



DE HALVE NAENE 



As sbe appeared ascendine: the Hudson, 1609. 



BULBS 



100 1000 



DUTCH HTACINTHS-Slnsle, in colors J $250 $22.00 



Double, in colors :g£i 2 75 24.00 



NARCISSUS - Von Slon, extra selected JT....... 1.35 12.00 



Mammoth Double Nose •?. 2.25 19.00 



Golden Spur, deep yellow «.' l.SO 14.00 



Paper Whites ^':..- 1.16 9.00 



LILIUM CANDIDUM, extra bulbs .i^ 5.00 40.00 



LILIUM HARRISII, 9to 11 , u....r. 26.00 



WHITE ROMAN, 11 to 12 cm ...y. 2.00 1800 



12 to 16 cm JL. 2.50 24.00 



WM. ELLIOn & SONS, New York, N. Y. 



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Formosa Lily Bulbs 



THE BEST EARLY LILY TO GROW. 



Case of 300, 7/») $25.00 



Case of 200, 9/10 20.00 



Multiflorums, 7/9, per 100 6.00 



Cold Storage Gigranteums, 7/9, per 100 8.60 



C. C. POLLWORTH CO., Milwaukee, Wis. 



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FRESH SEED 



Eastern Greenhouse Grown 



Asparagus Plumosus Nanus 



Per 100 seeds 50c Per 1000 seeds $3.00 



Larger quantities, better prices. 



W. W. RAWSON & CO., Seedsmefl 



6 UNION ST., BOSTON, MASS. 



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Per 1000 



Paper Whites Grand., 13 cm $ 9.00 



Paper Whites Grand., 14 cm 11.00 



Roman Hyacinths, 12-15 cm 23.50 



ttarrisii, 5-7 $4.00 per 100; 38.50 



Lilium Formosum, 7-9 7.00 " 65.00 



Allium Neapolitanum 4.00 



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Currle Bros. Co.,^"^ Milwaukee, Wis. 



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and full of vitality in giganteums they 

 should not be dug before October 1 at 

 the best. 



"I know this would mean September 

 to October delivery for all Formosums, 

 October 15 to November 1 for multi- 

 fl^orums, and November 1 to December 1 

 for giganteums, but I fully believe the 



bulbs would flower in the greenhouses 

 just as early as if they had been shipped 

 a month sooner from Japan, and I am 

 also convinced that the seedsmen would 

 have no such claims for disease and curly- 

 top plants as they now have. There is 

 not over five per cent curly-tops notice- 

 able in the multiflorum fields, aad practi- 



