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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



March 28. 191 L\ 



ANNOUNCEMENT 



CThe W. K. Fletcher Bulb and Floral Co. ^»« l«a«?d for a long term a tract of 40 acres 

 ^ of land located within toe city limits of Des 



Moines, and especially adapted for the growing of bulbs. The change is made necessary by reason of lack of room to 

 care for our rapidly increasing trade. 



While still within the limits of Des Moines, all mail should be addressed to Valley Junction, Iowa, as we are outside 

 the free delivery limits of Des Moines. The latter city will remain our shipping point, as heretofore. 



We ar^sold out of Gladioli for this season's delivery, and the greater part of the coming season's crop is already 

 under contract. However, we will be pleased to quote prices on strong divisions of field-grown clumps of the better sorts 

 of Dahlias upon request. 



THE W. K. FLETCHER BULB AND FLORAL CO 



Whol**al« Growers and Importer* 



VALLEY JUNCTION, IOWA 



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It is quite possible, however, that a 

 certain part of this overstock was 

 shipped to Holland and may even have 

 found its way thence to the United 

 States later in the season, as Holland- 

 grown bulbs. It is thought by many 

 that for the 1912 season there will be 

 somewhat of a curtailment in quantity 

 of bulbs grown, or at least offered, with 

 the idea that this will sustain market 

 prices, which in a large degree are 

 speculative, because the grower is sel- 

 dom a shipper. 



"At OUioules and Hyeres many of 

 the small growers reach the market 

 through their 'syndicate,' but with the 

 competitive Narcissus grandiflora of- 

 fered at $3.50 per thousand by outsiders, 

 the generally-agreed-upon syndicate rate 

 of $3.85 was this season often broken. 

 The Koman hyacinth, which in some 

 instances reached the desired $20 or 

 more per thousand, later fell to $15.50 

 and even less. The marketing of the 

 bulb crop through the growers' unions 

 or syndicates undoubtedly sustains and 

 even raises prices. In a dozen years 

 this has caused an advance in Koman 

 hyacinths from $5.40 to $15.50 and 

 more, and in Narcissus grandiflora from 

 $2.30 to $3.85. 



"These shipping syndicates are an 

 advantage to the buyer in offering a 

 certain implied guaranty as to the qual- 

 ity of the stock shipped, so that claims 

 are seldom made against them for rot- 

 ted or damaged bulbs. A few years 

 ago unscrupulous individuals made such 

 shipments, their inducements being 

 prices very much below the market quo- 

 tation. This class of middlemen has 

 practically disappeared, at least so far 

 as they are able to extend relations in 

 the United States. 



"A horticultural journal recently re- 

 ferred to a bulb-sorting machine lately 

 adopted in Holland, doubtless a ma- 

 chine similar to the average potato 

 sorter. The subject was mentioned by 

 the writer to various bulb growers and 

 shippers hereabouts, who ridiculed the 

 idea, denying the possibility of any 

 method of mechanical sorting without 

 injuring the stock. There is certainly 

 no disposition on the part of growers 

 here to make use of anything but the 

 inexpensive hand labor of men, woinen 

 and girls for all operations of growing 

 and shipping flowering bulbs." 



CATALOGUES BECEIVED. 



Howard & Smith, Los Angeles, Cal., 

 roses, ornamental and flowering plants 

 and general nursery stock; Edwin L. 

 Carle, Geneva, O;, onion seeds, berry 

 plants, etc.; Montague Chamberlain, 

 Groton, Mass, gladioli; Conrad Appel, 



■■tebUahod In 1803 



Our Wholesale Catalogue for Mar- 

 ket Gardeners ond Florists will he 

 mailed free If you have not yet secured 

 a copy, better send for one NOW. 



Lily of the Valley Pips 



A few still left, very high grade. Prices 

 on application. 



J.H.Tliorbiini&Co.''NSr^^ 



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 8DBFLU8 or 



L Multiflorums 7-9 



Write for prices. 



The Yokohama Nursery Co., Ltd. 



N*. 31 Barday Street. NEW YORK 



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Bulbs for Spring: 



L. GlK*nt«uin, Caniuw (all leading 

 varieties), Tuberos«a, GlmdloU. Prices on 

 application. 



D. RUSCONI 



ISS'ISS W. 6tli St., CINCINNATI, OHIO 



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GLADIOLI, 



LILIES, SUMMER FLOWERING 



BULBS AND HARDY PLANTS. 



SKND FOR FBICX LIST. 



L S. MIUER, Wading River, N. Y. 



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PRIMUIJ%A 



^ n I >i c II s I :>' W be on ■ ci.i 



Unrivaled for size of flower, purity of color and 

 highest development. They represent the best 

 apeclallsts have so far produced. Seeds and plants. 



J. L. SCHILLER, Toledo, O. 



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Darmstadt, Germany, grass, clover and 

 tree seeds; H. E. Header, Dover, N. H., 

 gladioli; Maywood Nursery Co., May- 

 wood 111., list of trees and shrubs; 



Koemer's 1912 Novelties 



New GladloU Karly Bird. 



Don't fall to give E^rly Bird a test this sum- 

 mer. She Is all right; enough said. 



Also the new Dahlias, Crimson Beauty, Oolden 

 Nugget, Snow Storm and Cream City. These 

 are all good commercial cut flower varietlefl. 

 Send for descriptive list of novelties and general 

 stock. 



H. W. KOERMER, '"fcRififivV... 



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F. W. O. SCHMITZ 



PRINCK BAT, N. T. 



Wtaelesale Grower. Exporter and Im- 

 porter of all plants, roots and bnlbs in 

 season. 



Corr»apond«noe BoUolt«d 



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Raynbird & Co., Basingstoke, England, 

 vegetable and field seeds; Peter Hen- 

 derson & Co., New York, N. Y., "Ev- 

 erything for the Lawn." 



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