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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



MA.RCH 3, 1910. 



NEWEST ROSE OF 1910 



S. A. VOSTERS & SONS, Riel, Holland 



Offer Autumn delivery, 1910, of this grand novelty Rose 



WHITE CAROLINE TESTOUT = 



Mme. Caroline Testout x Kaiserin Ausasta Victoria. 'Will be one of the mott valuable novelties ever offered for Florists 

 and Nurserymen— there never was a better rose. It erows like its parent, the world renowned Mme. Caroline Testout, with very 

 strooe branches. The flowers are pure white, like snow. No weather hinders its s;rowth. Flowers we have sent to America 

 and Enclaod arrived in a fresh condition, as when sent. Hence it is a great shipper and keeper. There is no better forcing rose. 

 White Caroline Testout will be for every florist (grower and retailer) a gem of tlie first class. Therefore everyone will want this 

 high class novelty this year. It is an investment which will pay every florist. 



Orders booked now; dwarf plants, $1.86 each 



AGENTS WANTED FOR THE SALE OF THIS GRAND NOVELTY IN THE UNITED STATES 



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COLD STORAGE VALLEY 



Very finest Krades of Valley tor shipment as 

 tesired from New York. 



GREENHOUSE PLANTS 



Palms, Bay Trees, Fleas, Arancarias, Aspidis- 

 tras, etc., of choice quality. 



HOLLAND PLANTS 



Boses, Peonies, Rhododendrons, Box Trees, 

 Olematls, Conifers, etc., at low prices. 



LILY or THE VALLEY 



Finest rrades of Berlin and Hambarc tot 

 Import. 



H. FRANK DARROW 



p. 0. Bw 1250 26 B«rdiy SL. NEW YORK 



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packets are sealed. America is a fine 

 place for a seedsman, providing he does 

 not live there." 



IMPORTS. 



The imports of seeds through the port 

 of New York for the week ending Feb- 

 ruary 19 were as follows: 

 Kind. Pkgs. Val. Kind. PkgB. Val. 



Annatto ... 169 $ 1708 Fennel 50 $1263 



Anise 20 1^0 Grass 232 4802 



Canary 1700 3890 Mustard 427 3811 



Caraway ... 200 1620 Poppy 300 1640 



Cardamom . 41 1158 Rape 572 3513 



Castor ... 5074 25825 Sugarbeet ... 13 142 

 31oTer 65 1493 Other 6027 



In the same period the imports of 

 bulbs, trees and plants were valued at 

 $18,365; peas, $2,701, and beans, $31,111. 



THE SITUATION IN SEEDS. 



The seed trade now stands at the 

 threshold of the busy season; the time 

 has passed for early business, and the 

 rush will come with the arrival of spring 

 days. Neither January nor February ap- 

 pears to have brought special favor to 

 the seed trade. Of course, there was 

 much inquiry for quantities of stocks 

 which are known to be among the short 

 items, but the general run of the seed 

 trade in February has not exceeded nor- 

 mal. It has been good, but not unusually 

 good. Indeed, in one or two lines of sea- 

 sonable specialties the southern and 

 southwestern trade has been a disap- 

 pointment. When the catalogues first 

 were mailed the early response was rath- 

 er better than usual and led to high 

 hopes, but the orders did not increase as 

 expected. And the mail-order houses be- 

 gin March with the number of orders filled 



DIRECT IMPORTATIONS 



AT FOREIGN GROWERS* PRICES 



From BELGIUM 

 Fron HOLLAND 



Palms, Araucarias, Bay Trees, 

 Azalea Indica, etc. 

 Boxwood, Rhododendrons, 

 pot-grown Shrubs for forcing, 

 etc. 



Valley Pips, 

 forcing. 



From GERMANY 

 From ENGLAND grafting. 



Ernn I ADA II Lilium Longiiorum Gigran- 

 nilla JArNn teum, Multiflorum, etc. 



Early or late 



English Manetti, selected for 

 ifti 



Full list of Japanese, Holland, Enarlisli and rrencli Nursery Stock 



Write for catalogues, special . , __ j.. d-i. Our business is import and wholesale 



lists, etc., mentioning the class nArFIA InSonlv °^^^- ^o^'^ ^"^t* unless you use suffici- 



of stock you are interested in. *°" oniy. ^^j j^ make direct separate importations. 



McHUTCHISON & CO. 



17 MURRAY STREET 



NEW YORK 



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FLOWER OF FAIRFIELD 



BVERBLOOMING CRIMSON RAMBLER 



The best climbing rose in trade, flowering during the whole summer in large clilsters of finest 

 crimson color. Prices for first rate plants, with 3 to 6 shoots, open ground grown, $12.50 per 100; $115.00 

 per 1000. Extra strong plants, with 5 and more branches, $18.00 per 100. Packing free. Cash with 

 order only. Best shipping facilities. 



SCHULTHEIS BROS., The "Old" R*se Gardens, at Steinfurtli, near Bad-Nauheim, Germany 



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to date, and value of orders, not above 

 those of an average season. 



While hardly anyone will say that busi- 

 ness has not been good, and everybody 

 looks forward to the next few weeks 

 bringing all the business that can be 

 handled, a good many mail-order seeds- 

 men feel that they have not got the re- 

 sults they expected for the work put in 

 this season in the attempt to develop the 

 January and February sales. There is a 

 limit to what can be done during the 

 height of the season, and the seedsman 

 has little control over the last end of the 

 selling season, so a good many have been 

 pushing to lengthen the busy season at 

 the early end. 



THE HOLLAND BULB SHOW. 



It is unfortunate for the American 

 seedsmen that the jubilee bulb show of 

 the General Bulb Growers' Society at 

 Haarlem, Holland, must of necessity come 

 at a date when American bulb dealers are 

 busiest. Not many from this side of the 

 Atlantic will be able to attend, though 

 many would like to do so. 



The show at Haarlem opens March 23. 

 The show enjoys a remarkable enthusiasm 

 all over Holland and abroad, not only 

 from bulb growers and nurserymen, but 



F. J. Grootendorst 

 & Sons 



BOSKOOP, HOLLAND 



Azaleas, Rhododendrons, Qematis, 

 Roses, pot-grown plants for forcing. 

 Buxus, Conifers, Japanese Maples, 



Shrubs, Palms, Bulbs, Be 



A postal brings oar catalosrne. 



LET US QUOTE PRICES 

 ON YOUR LIST OF WANTS 



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also from the public in general. The 

 bulb fields of Holland have always been 

 an attraction to tourists, and a visit to 

 Haarlem and its environs this spring will 

 be of special interest. The bulb fields are 

 only at their best for a few days, but the 

 Haarlem flower show is arranged so as 

 to remain in full glory from the opening 

 to the end. 



The bulbs planted (nearly a million) 

 will regularly succeed each other; the 

 opening week will prove the usefulness 

 of the crocus. Next comes the stately 



