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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



Septsmbbr 23, 1909. 



COLD STORAGE VALLEY 



Very finest srradea of Hamburg Valley, for 

 shipment as desired. 



Greenbouae Plants. 



Asaleas, Araucarias, Palms, etc., of very best 

 quality. 



XncUsli Manattl Btooka. 



Orown especially for florists' use. 



Holland Plants. 



Roses, Peonies, Rhododendrons, Boztrees. 

 Clematis, Conifers, etc. 



LUt of tbe VaUey. 



Finest grades of Berlin and Hamburg for 

 import. 



For catalogues, special oflerB,etc.. please apply to 



H. FRANK DARBOW, 



Importer Wholesaler 



P. 0. BOX 1250, 26 Barclay Street. NEW YORK 



. WARD'S ULY BULBS 



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I f| yj Bat How Good. 



RALPH M. WARD & CO. 



12 W. Broadway, NEW YORK 



John E. Barrett, R. E. Eicketts, A. 8. E. 

 Sanders, George W. Nichols and L. H. 

 Murray. Other stockholders are Joel H. 

 Eountree, Austin C. Abbott, George H. 

 Hines and T. H. Sander. The oflScers: 

 President, John E. Barrett; vice-presi- 

 dent, E. E. Eicketts; secretary and 

 treasurer, A. S. E. Sanders. 



The third provision in the articles of 

 agreement is that the new company shall 

 'have a capital of $5,000. This is to be 

 divided into 200 shares, each of which is 

 to have the par value of $25. Fifty 

 per cent of the capital has been sub- 

 scribed. 



The purpose of the new business is, as 

 stated in the incorporation papers, to buy 

 and sell seeds, grains, plants, incubators, 

 bee hives, and other merchandise gener- 

 ally kept by grain and seed houses. The 

 principal stockholders are the owners of 

 the Springfield Seed Co. 



DUTCH BULBS. 



The Dutch bulbs, which, as is well 

 known, have been late in arrival this sea- 

 son, because of unfavorable weather in 

 Holland, are now being landed in large 

 quantities by every boat from Holland as 

 it arrives at New York. On the steamer 

 reaching New York September 14 there 

 were the following consignments: 



Consignee Cases 



Abel, C. C, & Co r 80 



Bane & Hill 19 



Buckingham, E 13 



Bartle, J. S 8 



Crosby, D., & Co 7 



Downing, Judae & Co 12 



Darrow, H. F 99 



EUiott, W., & Sons 7 



Henderson, P., & Co 17 



Hagemann, W., & Co 177 



Hampton, J. W., Jr., & Co 274 



Kuyper, P. C, & Co 82 



Knauth, Nachod & Kubne IS 



Maltns & Ware 2,685 



McHutcbison &Co 6 



Meyer, C. F ,83 



Meadows, T., & Co 1^ 



Murphy, A 18 



Roosa, J. P "9 



Rlngk, A. H.. & Co 4 



Stompp & Walter Co 8 



Tice & Lynch 4 



Thorburn, J. M., & Co 8 



Van Embden, H., & Co 12 



Vanghan's Seed Store 188 



Vandegrlft, F. B., A Co 8 



Weeber & Don 6 



Total «.8«8 



HOLLAND SEED CROPS. 



The Holland growers have been hav- 

 ing an unfavorable season for the har- 

 vesting of many crops, spinach having 

 suffered on account of rain after cut- 

 ting. Turnip is an extremely short crop 



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2 BoddlnKton'a Bnowbim, earliest forcing white $0.20 10.75 fl.25 $2.00 ■ 



Q Boddlnston's Christmas White .10 .40 .60 1.00 ^ 



■ Boddlneton's Christmas Pink 10 .40 .60 1.00 D 



5 Florence Denzer (pure white) 10 .40 .60 1.00 ■ 



Q Watohune (pure white) 15 .60 1.00 1.76 g 



■ Mrs. Alex. Wallace (lavender).....- 20 .75 1.36 2.00 D 



g BIrs. Wm. 81m (Balmon pink) 20 .76 1.26 2.00 ■ 



Q Mrs. Chas. H. Totty (sky blue) 26 1.00 1.60 2.60 | 



■ Mrs. J. P. Dolansky (soft pink) 20 .76 1.25 2.00 D 



n Le Marquis (deep violet blue) 20 .75 1.25 2.00 ■ 



Q Wm. J. Stewart (beautiful blue) 20 .75 1.25 2,00 ^ 



■ Mrs. Geo. Lewis, (a pure white wavy variety) 60 1.60 2.75 6.00 D 



5 Greenbrook (wbite suflused lavender) 50 1.60 2.76 6.00 ^ 



q Mrs. J. P. Hannan (deep pink) 50 1.60 2.76 6.00 £ 



■ Mrs. W. W. BmaUey (light pink) 20 .75 1.26 2.00 D 



g Canary (light yellow) 20 .76 1.26 2.00 ■ 



Q Plaminso (crimson) 60 1.60 2.75 6.00 g 



■ Mrs. ■. WUd (carmine red) 20 .76 1.26 2.00 D 



g Miss Helen M. Gould (white standard variegated lavender) .60 1.60 2.76 6.00 ' 



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Of this, the most popular and most profitable of all bnlbs for 

 florists' forcing, we have a very large stock, and also of the very 

 best, largest flowering quality. These Bulbs we can place in cold 

 storage for our customers and deliver them as wanted up to January 

 1, at an additional cost of 25c per 100 per month after September 1. 



Per 100 Per 1000 Per 5000 Per 10,000 



FIRST SIZE BULBS. 13 dms. and up (1250 to case) . .$1.10 $ 9.00 $43.75 $ 85.09 



MONSTER BULBS, 14 dms. and up (1000 to case) . . . 1.30 11.00 53.75 106.00 



JUMBO BULBS, 15 cbns. and up 2.50 20.00 



50 Barclay Street, 



NEW YORK 



Mention The Review when you write. 



BULBS and PLANTS 



for Florists' forcing: Azaleas, Roses, Palms, etc. 

 Romans, Valleys, [^lliefi, etc., Imported to order 

 Summer and Fall 1909 delivery; address 



AUGUST ROLKBR &. SONS. 31 Barclay SL, or P. 0. Box 752, NEW YORK 



this year. It is reported that the farm- 

 ers in the Gronigen district have con- 

 tracted with Qerman and other seed 

 growers, as well as with Dutch firms, for 

 considerable acreages of turnips for 1910 

 crop. Caraway is an important item in 

 this district and has been harvested in 

 large quantities, but the quality is in- 

 ferior on account of the wet season. Rye 

 grasses were harvested in July and are 

 making good prices, as the old seed was 

 exhausted. Dactylis glomerata has be- 

 come an -iaqportant item in the Gronigen 

 district. >on . . 



FESTUCA ELATIOR. 



Conrad Appel, the Darmstadt seeds- 

 man, writes under date of September 10, 

 as follows: "The new crop of Festuca 

 elatior, true rhenish tall fescue, which 

 sort is grown in my next neighborhood 

 near the Rhine, is now brought in and 

 the result is smaller than the year before. 

 I am at present occupied with grading 

 and dressing this species on a very large 

 scale and up to the various grades of 

 quftlity. I have ascertained that this 

 year 's seed is of excellent quality aad of 



