May 13, 1909. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



41 



of Accounts in the Department of Agri- 

 culture shows that there was expended 

 for the * ' purchase and distribution of 

 valuable seeds" the sum of $180,871.16. 

 For 1908 the appropriation, including 

 $50,000 deficiency, was $252,000, and the 

 sum actually expended for the "valua- 

 ble" seeds was $235,648.84. 



At Chicago the seeding for onion sets 

 is about completed. Some few acres on 

 particularly low ground are still bother- 

 ing, but it is so little compared to the 

 whole that it cuts no figure. A week or 

 two ago it looked as though the Chicago 

 set acreage would be cut down consider- 

 ably on account of adverse weather, but 

 things have worked out satisfactorily, 

 and the ground that is now seeded makes 

 the Chicago acreage for 1909 about what 

 it was expected that it would be. Com- 

 pared with 1908, there are more acres, 

 but the early planting has had much to 

 keep it back, and it is reported that quite 

 a lot of the seed was washed out by the 

 heavy rains ; this, together with a lessened 

 product on account of the large percent- 

 age of the acreage that had to be sown so 

 late, will even things up, and no more 

 than the product of 1908 can be ex- 

 pected. 



BAD WINTER IN HOLLAND. 



The seed growers in the Groningen dis- 

 trict in Holland had a severe winter and 

 a correspondent there says nearly all tur- 

 nips are lost, particularly the red top 

 varieties. Green curled kale passed the 

 winter well, but Thousand-headed is 

 quite gone. There is a small number of 

 mangel plants to set out for seed, and 

 therefore a short crop only can be saved, 

 for which certainly an extraordinarily 

 high price will be asked next year. Kad- 

 ishes will be the main crop this year, 

 but cress, spinach and peas have also 

 been contracted for in large quantities. 



IMPORTS. 



The imports of seed through the port 



of New York for the week ending May 



1 were as follows: 



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



Annatto. . 26 $ 283 Lycopod'm 10 $ 780 



Canary... 250 1,074 Millet 5,012 9,224 



Caraway.. 300 3,200 Mustard.. 900 8,488 



Cardamom 24 1,225 Poppy 250 867 



Castor 1,366 9,092 Uape 3 13 



Clover 413 9,000 Other 3,492 



Coriander. 85 194 



In the same period the imports of 

 bulbs, trees and plants were valued at 

 $13,917. 



THE SITUATION IN SEEDS. 



The jobbers report stocks well cleaned 

 up. The way beans have come to the 

 front in the demand for supplies is a 

 pleasant surprise to many. It was 

 thought that the demand would be light 

 and the general impression was that the 

 quantity to be disposed of was large. 

 It has turned out just the reverse and, 

 instead of a surplus of beans, there is 

 a scarcity. Onion seed of a dependable 

 sort was never so scarce as at present. 

 Ordinarily the demand for onion seed 

 should be over by this date, but the 

 backwardness of the season at all the 

 principal onion growing points has upset 

 calculations and onion seed is still in 

 brisk demand. The early plantings of 

 radish and other seeds that make the 

 early spring crops for the market gar- 

 deners and truckers have in many cases 

 been frozen out. This has created a sec- 

 ond demand for all of these seeds and 

 has helped to deplete the stocks of these 

 varieties. On the whole the situation 



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VALLEYS and LILACS 



for Florists' forcing, the best that are grown 

 imported to order, delivery Fall 1909; for 

 prices address 



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



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Manetti. Gooseberries 



We have the goods. Prices for the asking. 

 Thoroughly eyed and even graded Manetti 

 stocks, strongly rooted, for budding and 

 grafting. 



Industry Crooseberries 



Splendid bushes, some 90,000 to ofifer. 

 SEED of our famous 



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Experts are agreed that there is NO STRAIN 

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Peonies, Roses, Rhododendrons, Etc 



R. H. BATH, Ltd., Wisbech, Eng. 



For price lists and information apply to 

 Henry Kailen, 15-25 Whitebalf SL, New York. 



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Lily of the Valley 



MANN'S EXCELSIOR 



Are the finest in existence and their flowers 

 fetch the best prices in the London market. 

 For quotations, please apply to 



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CAULIFLOWER QQQfl 

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LILY OF THE VALLEY PIPS 



HJALMAR HARTMANN & CO. 



Longangsstraede 20, Copenhagen, Denmark 



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from the seedsman's standpoint is as 

 good, and perhaps better, than if the 

 season had been more favorable for the 

 planter. It also makes the trade in gen- 

 eral more anxious to see good seed crops 

 produced from the 1909 plantings. The 

 turnip seed season will soon be on and 

 the outlook for a large trade in this 

 article is bright. 



CLIMATIC INFLUENCE. 



In a paper prepared by the venerable 

 Charles Allen and read before the New 

 York Florists' Club, May 10, Mr. Allen 

 said, among many other things: 



"The egg plant shows greater change 

 through environment than almost any 

 other garden vegetable. In its native 

 habitat — tropical Africa — where it is ex- 

 tensively grown as a garden vegetable, 

 the fruits are small and prolific in seeds 

 of high germination. When grown for 

 a series of years as far north as New 



Kersbergen Brothers 



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Wholesale Growers and Exporters of BoMa, 

 Bhododendroni, Hydranreaa, Peonies, Ever- 

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New Baby Bambler Rose 



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A new rose of great merit which is offered for 

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Represented by 



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COLD STORAGE VALLEY 



Very finest grades of Hambarg Valley, (or 

 ■hlpment as desired. 



Frolt and Ornamental Stocks. 



French grown, best quality, carefully selected, 

 graded and packed. 



KncUsli Manetti Stocks. 



Grown especially for florists' use. 

 Holland Plants. 



Roses, Peonies, Rhododendrons, Boxtreea. 

 Clematis, Conifers, etc. 



Uly of the VaUey. 



Fmest grades of Berlin and Hamburg for im- 

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For catalogs, speclaloffers, etc., please apply to 



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HOLLAND BULBS 



A complete line of healthy, well-grown, well- 

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Holland Bulbs 



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