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The Weekly FIorist$^, Review* 



Mat 12, 1910. 



ANNOUNCEMENT 



W. Van KLEEF & SONS, Boskdop, Holland 



Beg to announce that their Mr. W. Van Kleef, Jr., is again making his annual trip through 

 America, calling on the trade. Pleaie address all correspondence until June 6th, care of Ncssrs* 

 Maltus & Ware« 14 Stone Street, New York. Catalogue free for the asking. Will be 

 glad to make special prices for large quantities. 



Specialties: Azaleas, Andromedas, Box Trees, Clematis, Conifers, Hardy 

 Climbers, Hydrangeas, Kalmlas, Magnolias, Maples, Peonies, Rhododendrons, 

 Roses, Spruces, Shrubs, Trees, Plants for Forcing, etc. 



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heard were Harry A. Bunyard, with Ar- 

 thur T. Boddington; J. B. Clark, with 

 Henry A. Dreer ; A. M. Kirby, with Peter 

 Henderson & Co.; George Stumpp, of 

 Stumpp & Walter Co.; Mr. Wilson, with 

 J. M. Thorburn & Co.; G. C. Eldering, of 

 W. J. Eldering & Son; L. C. Corbett and 

 others. 



In the Eeview of February 24 it was 

 suggested that, in spite of the somewhat 

 ambiguous language, it was the intention 

 of the framers of the tariff that hyacinth 

 bulbs should be dutiable at $2.50 per 

 1,000, and that seems to be the general 

 opinion of the trade. 



IMPORTS. 



The imports of seeds through the port 

 of New York for the week ending April 

 30 were as follows: 



JOaA. PkK*. Val. Kind. 

 Anuatto 3 $ 26 Cummin 



Pkg8. Val. 

 .53 I 959 



2480 Fennel 2 47 



1122 Grass 465 1709 



1162 Hemp 800 2798 



190 MUlet 1255 8333 



8876 Mustard ...100 784 



8859 Poppy 100 1164 



286 Other 1230 



In the same period the imports of 

 bulbs, trees and plants were valued at 

 $30,606. 



Anise 250 



Canary 250 



Caraway . . . lOO 

 Cardamom . . .5 



Oaator 2732 



Olover 326 



Coriander . . .98 



BUSINESS OF SEED GROWING. 



[A paoer by W. W. Tracy, of the United 

 States Department of Agriculture, continued 

 from the Rerlew of May 6.] 



Need for Improvement in Practices. 



It is evident that the present practice 

 of growing and handling seeds is by no 

 means ideal or such as to give the great- 

 est possible uniformity of varietal char- 

 acter. In the case of a majority of the 

 vegetable cultures* in America, if all or 

 even ninety per cent of the plants were 

 as nearly alike in varietal type as the 

 twenty per cent which were the most 

 alike, the profit from these cultures would 

 be greatly increased ; often actually 

 doubled. On the other hand, the growing 

 of vegetable seed under present condi- 

 tions is not particularly profitable or sat- 



•Tih* word "cnltnre" Is used here in the way 

 It is used In Europe to signify a planting or 

 separate lot. If a 6-acre field or a greenhouse 

 U plantea wholly with Grand Rapids lettuce, 

 all sowed or set at the same time, either is a 

 culture of Grand Baplds lettuce; but If tl»e 



lettuce, or t^ Wrt* wittf •afferent ibts of'^ 

 Grand Rapida lettuce set at dlBerent . timet, 

 each different lot is a culture of that variety. 



PLANTS and BULBS 



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



for Florists' forcing; Azaleas, Rhododendrons, 

 Lilacs, etc. ; Romans, Valleys, Lilies, etc., imported 

 to order; delivery. Fall season 1910. Address 



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isfactory to the farmer. Is there any 

 possibility of betterment! "We think so. 

 Seed planters are coming to realize 

 more fully the importance of the use of 

 better seed and the foUy of being so 

 largely influenced by low prices and a 

 persuasive salesman in buying, while 

 seedsmen and professional growers are 

 learning that wisdom and care in the 

 breeding and growing of the seeds they 

 offer is quite as important as shrewdness 

 in buying and skillful handling and sell- 

 ing, and that seeds of the best quality 

 can not be secured without the active, in- 

 telligent cooperation of the producing 

 farmer. 



Suggestions for Possible Ifflprovement. 



The seed grower should come into 

 closer touch with the producing farmer 

 and should make a greater effort to place 

 his contracts not only with good culti- 

 vators who are most favorably situated 

 both as to climate and soil for growing 

 and facilities for the handling of some 

 particular seed crop, but with those who 

 are likely to continue to grow seed, be- 

 come interested in the varietal character 

 of the sorts they grow, and through a 

 better knowledge of their cultural re- 

 quirements secure greater uniformity 



Wmttsd: Btrden Seid Man 



We wish to procure the services of a young 

 man, not under 25 years of age and not over 86 

 years, who has had experience in the garden seed 

 department of some good seed business; must 

 have had some experience in selling goods on the 

 road ; give recommendations and salary expected 

 in first letter. Address 



"Northern Seed Co., Valtey Gty, N. Dak. 



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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 or THE VALLEY 



Finest grades of Berlin and Hamburg for 

 Import. 



H. FRANK DARROW 



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



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and stability of product. It is true that 

 this necessitates giving the farmer a bet- 

 ter place "in the game" and paying 

 him higher prices for growing the seed, 

 but this is more than offset, even finan- 

 cially, by the elimination^ of careless and 

 incompetent farmers who are likely to 

 fail to deliver the expected crop and 

 through whose negligence carefufiy se- 

 lected stock seed is often lost. The ad- 

 vantages from the building up of a 

 clientage of experienced and careful 

 farmers who would not only deliver bet- 

 ter seed, but in more uniform quantities, 

 so as to lessen the liability to the alter- 

 nating periods of scarcity and surplus 

 which are now so common and unsatis- 

 factory, would more than counterbalance 

 the additional price paid. Again, the 

 necessity and expense of constantly hunt- 

 ing up new growing centers and training 

 new farmers would be lessened, though 



Wanted 



Seedsmen capable of earmng 

 $1000 per year. State fully 

 your experience in seed busi- 

 ness. Address No. 104, care •' 

 Florists' Review, Chicago. 



