OCTOBKB 28, 1909 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



43 



FOR 



SEEDS 



of all kinds apply to 

 W. W. JOHNSON & SON, Ltd. 



BOSTON, ENGLAND 



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CAULIFLOWER ^qqA 

 A B B A G E UDDU 



LIUY OF THE VALLEY PIPS 



HJALMAR HARTMANN & CO. 



longangsstraede 20, Copenhagen, Denmark 



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Lily of the Valley 



MANN'S EXCELSIOR 



Are the flneet In existence and their flowers 

 fetch the best priceeln the London market. 

 For quotations, please apply to 



OTTO MANN, Leipzig, Saxony, Germany 



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Charles P. Guelf, with the Jerome B. 

 Bice Seed Co., Cambridge, N. Y., was 

 a visitor in the Chicago territory last 

 week. 



What about the mailing list? Are 

 you to mail an expensive catalogue to a 

 lot of names you haven't heard from in 

 four or five years? 



The arrivals of Dutch bulbs are dwin- 

 dling but every boat brings in a few 

 cases, mostly ordered by cable to fill 

 shortages in broken stocks. 



A. J. PiETERS, Hollister, Cal., spent 

 October 22 in Chicago on his way home 

 from a trip that included most of the 

 seed trade centers on the Atlantic coast. 



Never was the work on the general 

 catalogues so far along at this date; and 

 this in spite of the fact of great uncer- 

 tainty as to the right prices for some 

 fifty or sixty items that are known to be 

 in short supply. 



.Ioseph L. Schilder, of Schilder Bros., 

 onion set and onion seed growers at 

 tliillicothe, O., was a visitor at Chicago 

 la>t week. He was on business bent, but 

 w; s accompanied by Mrs. Schilder, who 

 h;!- relatives at Chicago. 



ilOMMo Ten Have, the Holland seed 

 t;i 'wer and seed merchant, has removed 

 li: office from Westerlee, in the Gronin- 

 '-: . district, to Scheemda, where his prin- 

 ' ' il warehouse will adjoin the Dutch 

 " itc railway. 



The Society of American Florists' 

 '< nmittee on conference with the Ameri- 

 ' "i Seed Trade Association consists of 

 ^'' • F. Kasting, Buffalo, and J. A. Valen- 

 ti'iO and F. R. Traendly, ex-officio. After 

 •'• Hilary 1 F. R. Pierson and J. A. Valen- 

 ' no will be the ex-officio members. 



KvERY mail from England contains 

 '^u'orence to the failure of the sweet pea 

 •='*od crop in that country, reported weeks 

 '>go in the Review. In almost every case, 

 novelties originating there will either be 

 "eld back a year or, if disseminated ac- 

 • ording to arrangement, the number of 

 ^'eeds in a packet will be materially re- 

 'Mioed. 



TO THK TRADK 



HENRY METTE, Qaedliobors, fiermany 



■■^^"^■■^^^ (Established in 1787) 



Grower and Exporter on the Tery largest teale of all 



CHOICE VEGETABLE, FLOWER and FARM SEEDS 



Speolaltlea : Beans, Beets, Oabbages. Carrots, Kobl-Rabl, Leeks, Lettuces, Onions, 

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

 Cinerarias, Oloxtnlas, Larkspurs, Nasturtiums. Pansles, Petunias, Ptiloz, Primulas, 

 Scabious, Stooks, Verbenas. Zinnias, etc. Catalogue free on application. 



HKNRT MXTTB'S TRIUMPH OP THX OXANT PANSIKS (mixed), the most 

 perfect and most beautiful in the world, 16.00 per oz.; fl.60 per ^-oz.; 75c per 1-16 oz. Postage 

 paid. Cash with order. 



All seeds offered are grown under my personal Bupervlsion on my o^^n cronnds of 

 more than SOOO acres, and are warranted true to name, of strongest growth, finest 

 stocks and best quality. X also groyr lararely seeds on contract. 



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Cdlllif lower Seed Wlboltt's Earnest Snowball, No. 84, at $9.00 per 



lb.; 6 lbs. at $8.00 per lb. 



Wiboltt'a Extra Early Dwarf Erfurt, at $8.00 

 per lb.; 5 lbs. at $7.00 per lb. 



Wiboltt'e Danish Giant, "Dry Weather," at 



$9.00 per lb.; 6 lbs. at $8.00 per lb. 



Larger lots prices separately. We ask new castomera, 

 to send cash with order. 



Seed Grower and 



RW/l tUCM TTT Seed Grower an 

 • W lLj\Jl^l I9 Seed Merchant. 

 NAKSKOV, DENMARK 



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VALLEYS and LILACS 



for Florists' forcing, the best that are grown 

 imported to order, delivery Fall 1909; for 

 Dric68 ftddrGBS 



AUGUST ROLKER & SONS, 31 Barclay St., or P. 0. Box 752, NEW YORK 



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COLD STORAGE VALLEY 



Very finest grades of Valley for shipment as 

 desired from New York. 



GREENHOUSE PLANTS 



Palms, Bay Trees, Ficus, Araucarlas, Aspidis- 

 tras, etc., of choice quality. 



HOLLAND PLANTS 



Roses, Peonies, Rhododendrons, Box Trees, 

 Clematis, Conifers, etc., at low prices. 



LILY OF THE VALLEY 



Finest grades of Berlin and Hamburg for 

 Import. 



H. FRANK DARROW 



p. 0. Box 1250 26 Barclay St, NEW YORK 



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ORCHIDS 



Largest Importers, Exporters, Growers 

 and Hybridists in the world. 



SANDER, St. Albans, England 



and 235 Broadway, Room 1, New York Gty 



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The Nebraska Seed Co., at Omaha, 

 Neb., will build a two-story addition to 

 its warehouse at 1208 Jones street. The 

 addition will cost $8,000. 



The Ozark Seed Co., the firm recently 

 organized in Springfield, Mo., has ofiices 

 opposite the People's bank, on Commer- 

 cial street. Only retail and mail order 

 business will be conducted. 



The National Canners' Association, to 

 whose publicity fund a number of seed 

 growers and wholesale seedsmen con- 

 tributed, has begun its advertising cam- 

 paign in the November magazines, using 

 full pages. It is expected that the ex- 

 penditure of a few thousands of dollars 



F. J. Grootendorst 

 S Sons 



BOSKOOP, HOLLAND 



Azaleas, Rhododendrons, Qematis, 

 Roses, pot-grown plants for forcing. 

 Buxus, Conifers, Japanese Maples, 



Shrubs, Palms, Bulbs, Etc 



A postal brings our catalogue. 



LET US QUOTE PRICES 

 ON YOUR LIST OF WANTS 



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Danish 



• •e 



Cauliflower 



Cabbage, white and red 



Radish, oval, rose-red, white tipped 



The Best for Xmas Forclne 



Prices and samples on application. 



D. T. POULSEN, Seed Grower 



70 Roskildevej, Copenhagen, Denmark 



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in publicity will bring the consumers to 

 a realization of the cleanliness, palatable- 

 ness and food value of canned vegetables, 

 and increase the demand. 



THE DANISH SEED CROPS. 



As is well known, Denmark has shared 

 in the generally unfavorable season for 

 seed crops and has to make the poorest 

 report of recent years. Under date of 

 October 6 Hjalmar Hartmann & Co., 

 Copenhagen, state that the crop of cab- 



