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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Septembki: 10. 190». 



eally no disease at all in the giganteum 

 districts, and I think the kicks one has 

 from the florists, on multiflorums and 

 yiganteums being diseased, are entirely 

 due to the fact that the bulbs are dug 

 and shipped too green. I know the later 

 deliveries of Formosums, multiflorums 

 and gigamteums will give flowers just as 

 early as the first shipments, and not con- 

 tain anywhere near as many causes for 

 kicks on disease from the florists who 

 purchase these bulbs from the seeds- 

 men." 



THE VORLiyS SEED SITUATION . 



"A factor of prime importance, gen- 

 erally overlooked in the seed trade, is 

 that the world's acreage under seed crops 

 has been gradually decreasing for a num- 

 ber of years, while the world's popula- 

 tion, and the consequent demand for 

 seeds, has kept right on growing." 



The speaker was E. J. Deal, general 

 manager of W. W. Johnson & Son, Ltd., 

 Boston, England, now on a visit to the 

 trade in the United States, his first for 

 six years. 



"As for the current season," con- 

 tinued Mr. Deal, "in all my thirty-two 

 years in the seed trade I never have 

 known such a great shortage of seeds, 

 the world over, as is the case this year, 

 nor such an eagerness on the part of seed 

 merchants to buy seeds, especially of the 

 new crop. The condition of warehouses 

 is identical in all countries; stocks are 

 depleted to a point without precedent 

 since the business began to approximate 

 its present breadth, and it generally is 

 recognized that crops the world over are 

 so short that in many important lines 

 they will not meet the season's require- 

 ments, to say nothing of affording a sur- 

 plus to go toward replenishing the 

 world's reserve supply. As a conse- 

 quence, prices already have advanced to 

 no small degree and will without ques- 

 tion go much higher before Januarj-. 



' ' Turnip,_ beet, radish and peas are 

 cases in point among vegetables and all 

 biennials among flower seeds, the winter 

 loss having been severe in all biennial 

 crops. There is practically no radish in 

 France and early peas the world over are 

 an extremely short crop. Quite a few 

 varieties of turnip, radish and beet are 

 already sold out. 



"The result is not only a strong de- 

 mand for any offerings of 1909 crop, but 

 a willingness that amounts almost to 

 eagerness to place contracts for the 1910 

 crops. 



"Looking into the future, it seems 

 probable that the next five years, possi- 

 bly the whole decade, will see gradually 

 advancing prices. This condition will be 

 practically certain in case the prices of 

 the great food crops hold up to the pres- 

 ent levels, as farmers will not grow seed 

 crops, entailing all that they do, while 

 the same or even more money is to be 

 realized from the cereals. 



"Another factor is the stock seeds, 

 as of peas. The high prices consequent 

 on recurring short crops have so tempted 

 growers that the stock seeds were not 

 equal to the acreage called for last sea- 

 son, and with the present bad year the 

 difficulty is likely only to be intensified 

 this season. Not until there are two or 

 more consecutive seasons of large re- 

 turns for the seed planted will the ques- 

 tion of stock seeds cease to be a control- 

 ling factory." 



Mr. Deal's last trip to the United 

 States was in 1903. He said that the 

 trade in geseral has made notable prog- 

 ress since then, a growth possibly more 



Boddingtofl's Oigaotic Cyclamen 



Boddineton's Gieantic Cyclamen. 



The seed of Cycla- 

 men la often bowd 

 too early in the year; 

 from the middle of 

 August to the end of 

 September is the best 

 Mme. The seedlinge 

 hould be grown on 



> I he flowering stage 

 •vithout any check 

 A'hatever. Wheu 

 grown cool, the re- 

 sults are most satis- 

 factory Bodding 

 ton's Gigantic Cycla- 

 men are unequaled 

 for size and quality 

 of bloom. A magni- 

 ficent strain of Cy- 

 clamen with flowers 

 ci extraordinary 

 size and substance. 



Gisrantic W b i t e ButterUy . 



Pure white; immense flowers. 



Gieantic Snowflake. The larg- 

 est of all white Cyclamen. 



GiffanticlCberry-red. Most 

 brilliant and effective. 



GlKantlc Rose. Immense flowers 

 of a pleasing shade of light rose. 



Gieantic Pink. Exquisite shade 



of soft pink. 

 Glsrantic Crimson. Most ttrik- 



ing color; under artiflcial light 



appears to be almost luminous.V 

 Gigantic Crimson and Wliite. 



A magnificent flower of the larg- 



ppttyne. -'-^ 



Gieantic Syiinea Blue (neiv). 



A charmlnv color. 

 Gieantic Lilac. A very pleasing 



color, lighting up well at niitht. 

 Any of the above varieties, 



trade pkt., 50c; 100 seeds, 



$1.00; 1000, $7.50. 

 '."ollection of the above nine selert- 



ed varieties, one pkt. of each, for 



«4.00. 

 Gieantic Mixed. A mixture of 



all the above varieties in proper 



pronortion. Trade pkt., 50c; ICO 



seeds, 75c; 1000 seeds. $6.00. 



MAY. A very pretty type ol 

 Color, pink, with tuffused blotchep 

 of crimson at base of petals. Trade pkt., 50c: 

 100 seeds, $1 .'iS. 



SALMON QUEEN. Undoubtedly one of the 

 most distini t and beautiful salmon colors 

 found in Cyclamen. Trade pkt.. £0c; 100 seeds, 

 $1.50. 



Cyclamen Fersicum eieanteum Salmo- 

 nium splendens. The finest salmon-pink 



' variety. Trade pkt., 50c; 100 seeds. $175. 



Cyclamen Fersicum eieanteum. Roco- 

 co, Mixed Colors. The benutifuDy fringed 

 flowers measure 5 inches in diameter. Trade 

 pkt.. 50c; ion seeds, $1.75. 



Cyclamen Fersicum eieanteum. Bush 

 Hill Pioneer. A beautiful new feathered 

 Cyclamen in various colors. Trade pkt., 50<'; 

 100 seeds, $2 00. 



Six Grand Novelty 

 Cyclamens 



Peach 'Blossom. An exceptionally hand- 

 some variety of an intense rose color. Trade 

 pkt., 50c; per 100 seeds, $1.75. 



Purple Kine- The best of all crimson varieties. 



:. and strikingly beautiful. Trade pkt., 50c; per 

 100 seeds, $1.75. 



Phoenix. Bright cherry-crimson flowers, 

 freely produced. Trade pkt., 50c. 



Rose of Marienthal. Soft shell pink; a very 

 pretty variety. Trade pkt., 50c; per 100 

 seeds. $1 25. 



Salmon Kine> R*ch color. One of the very 

 best of this beautiful shade. Trade pkt.. 50c: 

 100 seeds, $1.50. 



Vulcan. The rich crimson color is veryrstrlk 

 lug and contrasts admirably with the pure 

 white of Butterfly. Trade pkt., 5«c. 



Collection of the preceding six varieties wf up- 

 to-date Novelty Cyclamens for $2.50. 



PRINCESS 



Cyclamen. 



ARTHUR T. BODDINGTON 



Seedsman, 342 W. 14th Street, NEW YORK 



